There is growing recognition of the revolutionary potential of the blockchain technology, which first saw the light of day as the software underpinning bitcoin. The Economist has run a cover story describing its “distributed ledger”, which potentially renders all sorts of intermediaries redundant as the “great trust engine.” Yet even as there has been a surge in startups looking to build businesses using the bitcoin blockchain, there has been growing concern about the strength and efficiency of that blockchain, and various attempts to design alternative blockchains that are not connected to bitcoin. Some of these efforts have been led by incumbent financial firms, either individually or in consortiums, whilst there has been a growing number of partnerships between blockchain startups and incumbent financial firms.
Which blockchain, if any, will come out on top? Will partnership strategies play a big part in determining this? Will partnerships actually increase the spread and size of the benefits generated by adopting blockchain technology? Will billions of dollars of revenues currently generated through financial intermediation be wiped out by more efficient blockchain technology, benefiting consumers? And which types of intermediation are most at risk of creative destruction? Or will partnerships and/or acquisitions allow incumbents to become more efficient and profitable while protecting their traditional intermediary functions?
Speakers:
Michael Novogratz, Former president, Fortress Investment GroupTodd McDonald, Co-founder, R3
Jeremy Allaire, Founder, chairman and chief executive, CircleModerator: Matthew Bishop, Senior editor, The Economist Group

In Sydney was developed a technology that can process more transactions per second than the Visa payment system. Researchers of the University of Sydney said that their technology Red BellyBlockchain can handle more than 660 thousand transactions per second, which is ten times higher than the performance of the Visa payment system. According to the head of the research group Vincent Gramoli, over the past three months the effectiveness of the technology has exceeded all expectations. For the first time, the technology being developed became known in July this year. Then the researchers planned that the new blockchain would be able to process 440 thousand transactions per second. "The results confirm that our blockchain has achieved higher productivity than existing technologies used by financial institutions, including Visa," Gramoli states. "The next goal is to make the Red Belly Blockchain available to all Internet users." Note that the technology has already been tested in 14 countries, including the United States, Britain, Germany, Brazil and Japan.
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published:01 Nov 2017

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Blockchain is an innovative technology that could improve efficiency. We are assessing whether it could be used in our own services in the future. Concerning bitcoin and whether you should trust it, President Draghi advises caution, as it is not backed by any central bank or government, adding that it is not the ECB’s job to regulate it.

VitalHub Corp. (CVE:VHI) CEO Dan Matlow talks to James about his rapid growth and the convergence of blockchain into the healthcare space. Health-Care software, is a major growing business as a premium continues to be placed on efficiency. VitalHub is making strategic acquisitions as well as using blockchain solutions to keep records on the Hyperledger. Hyperledger is an umbrella project of open source blockchains and related tools, started in December 2015 by the Linux Foundation, to support the collaborative development of blockchain-based distributed ledgers. VitalHub's specific area of focus is on mental health and long-term care, and for a company that is only 1 year old, their revenues of $7 million shows the demand for these services are currently underserved in a substantial way.

published:09 Feb 2018

views:38

Say hello to the decentralized economy -- the blockchain is about to change everything. In this lucid explainer of the complex (and confusing) technology, Bettina Warburg describes how the blockchain will eliminate the need for centralized institutions like banks or governments to facilitate trade, evolving age-old models of commerce and finance into something far more interesting: a distributed, transparent, autonomous system for exchanging value.
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published:08 Dec 2016

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The promise of Bitcoin has been overshadowed by its underlying technology, the blockchain. There is great interest from traditional financial firms, which, saddled with decades-old payment infrastructures, are eager to adapt to the digital realities and improve the efficiency, speed and transparency of transactions. Efforts are underway at the national and international levels to study and monitor the blockchain, and a consortium of large international banks is collaborating on how to bring Bitcoin's technology to bear in the financial marketplace. How can this technology deliver for the financial services industry? Can we expect to see widespread use of these new systems in the near future and, if so, how will they change finance? Are we likely to see movement toward private rather than public blockchains, and how will this affect transparency and security?
ModeratorMarcHochstein, Editor-in-Chief, American Banker
Speakers
BrianForde, Director, Digital Currency, MIT Media LabJalak Jobanputra, Founding Partner, FuturePerfect VenturesLeanneKemp, Founder and CEO, Everledger
Margaret Liu, Senior Vice President and DeputyGeneral Counsel, Conference of State Bank Supervisors
Steve Wager, Executive Vice President, Operations and Development, itBit

published:04 May 2016

views:103523

Blockchain will radically transform the real estate industry and other sectors as well. Our first Blockchain application for lease agreements proves that Blockchain offers you transparency and efficiency and improved risk management. Want to know more and witness its opportunities? http://deloi.tt/2pve5WS

published:10 May 2017

views:4164

Dmitry Meshkov, one of the founders of Ergo Platform and contributor to Scorex, will give a code-centric deep dive into Bitcoin mechanics from an engineering viewpoint.

published:04 Oct 2017

views:227

In this video I tell you about Litecoin and Populous and how they exploit disintermediation, efficiency, and competition to create value and take over markets and business sectors dominated by the big banks. None of this is investment advice, just my thoughts on my investments.

In January 2011, Palmer released her first mixtape Awaken. The mixtape was officially released on January 10, 2011, for downloads on mixtape-downloading websites. The first and only single released from the mixtape was "The One You Call". A music video was also released for the song. In July 2012, Palmer released the single "You Got Me" featuring Kevin McCall. The video for the single was released on July 11, 2012. Palmer released a self-titled mixtape Keke Palmer on October 1, 2012. It includes her new singles "You Got Me" & "Dance Alone" which have already been released. On May 16, 2013, Keke Palmer released a video showing her recording and performing a cover of Alicia Keys song "If I Ain't Got You".

Blockchain versus blockchain

There is growing recognition of the revolutionary potential of the blockchain technology, which first saw the light of day as the software underpinning bitcoin. The Economist has run a cover story describing its “distributed ledger”, which potentially renders all sorts of intermediaries redundant as the “great trust engine.” Yet even as there has been a surge in startups looking to build businesses using the bitcoin blockchain, there has been growing concern about the strength and efficiency of that blockchain, and various attempts to design alternative blockchains that are not connected to bitcoin. Some of these efforts have been led by incumbent financial firms, either individually or in consortiums, whilst there has been a growing number of partnerships between blockchain startups and incumbent financial firms.
Which blockchain, if any, will come out on top? Will partnership strategies play a big part in determining this? Will partnerships actually increase the spread and size of the benefits generated by adopting blockchain technology? Will billions of dollars of revenues currently generated through financial intermediation be wiped out by more efficient blockchain technology, benefiting consumers? And which types of intermediation are most at risk of creative destruction? Or will partnerships and/or acquisitions allow incumbents to become more efficient and profitable while protecting their traditional intermediary functions?
Speakers:
Michael Novogratz, Former president, Fortress Investment GroupTodd McDonald, Co-founder, R3
Jeremy Allaire, Founder, chairman and chief executive, CircleModerator: Matthew Bishop, Senior editor, The Economist Group

Blockchain and the Energy Sector

Australians have created a blockchain superior to Visa in efficiency

In Sydney was developed a technology that can process more transactions per second than the Visa payment system. Researchers of the University of Sydney said that their technology Red BellyBlockchain can handle more than 660 thousand transactions per second, which is ten times higher than the performance of the Visa payment system. According to the head of the research group Vincent Gramoli, over the past three months the effectiveness of the technology has exceeded all expectations. For the first time, the technology being developed became known in July this year. Then the researchers planned that the new blockchain would be able to process 440 thousand transactions per second. "The results confirm that our blockchain has achieved higher productivity than existing technologies used by financial institutions, including Visa," Gramoli states. "The next goal is to make the Red Belly Blockchain available to all Internet users." Note that the technology has already been tested in 14 countries, including the United States, Britain, Germany, Brazil and Japan.
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_________________________________________________________________
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1:03

#AskDraghi: How can we harness blockchain technology to support the economy?

#AskDraghi: How can we harness blockchain technology to support the economy?

#AskDraghi: How can we harness blockchain technology to support the economy?

Blockchain is an innovative technology that could improve efficiency. We are assessing whether it could be used in our own services in the future. Concerning bitcoin and whether you should trust it, President Draghi advises caution, as it is not backed by any central bank or government, adding that it is not the ECB’s job to regulate it.

VitalHub's Rapid Growth and the Convergence of Healthcare Software and Blockchain Solutions

VitalHub's Rapid Growth and the Convergence of Healthcare Software and Blockchain Solutions

VitalHub's Rapid Growth and the Convergence of Healthcare Software and Blockchain Solutions

VitalHub Corp. (CVE:VHI) CEO Dan Matlow talks to James about his rapid growth and the convergence of blockchain into the healthcare space. Health-Care software, is a major growing business as a premium continues to be placed on efficiency. VitalHub is making strategic acquisitions as well as using blockchain solutions to keep records on the Hyperledger. Hyperledger is an umbrella project of open source blockchains and related tools, started in December 2015 by the Linux Foundation, to support the collaborative development of blockchain-based distributed ledgers. VitalHub's specific area of focus is on mental health and long-term care, and for a company that is only 1 year old, their revenues of $7 million shows the demand for these services are currently underserved in a substantial way.

14:58

How the blockchain will radically transform the economy | Bettina Warburg

How the blockchain will radically transform the economy | Bettina Warburg

How the blockchain will radically transform the economy | Bettina Warburg

Say hello to the decentralized economy -- the blockchain is about to change everything. In this lucid explainer of the complex (and confusing) technology, Bettina Warburg describes how the blockchain will eliminate the need for centralized institutions like banks or governments to facilitate trade, evolving age-old models of commerce and finance into something far more interesting: a distributed, transparent, autonomous system for exchanging value.
TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more.
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1:01:23

The Blockchain: A Revolution You Need to Understand

The Blockchain: A Revolution You Need to Understand

The Blockchain: A Revolution You Need to Understand

The promise of Bitcoin has been overshadowed by its underlying technology, the blockchain. There is great interest from traditional financial firms, which, saddled with decades-old payment infrastructures, are eager to adapt to the digital realities and improve the efficiency, speed and transparency of transactions. Efforts are underway at the national and international levels to study and monitor the blockchain, and a consortium of large international banks is collaborating on how to bring Bitcoin's technology to bear in the financial marketplace. How can this technology deliver for the financial services industry? Can we expect to see widespread use of these new systems in the near future and, if so, how will they change finance? Are we likely to see movement toward private rather than public blockchains, and how will this affect transparency and security?
ModeratorMarcHochstein, Editor-in-Chief, American Banker
Speakers
BrianForde, Director, Digital Currency, MIT Media LabJalak Jobanputra, Founding Partner, FuturePerfect VenturesLeanneKemp, Founder and CEO, Everledger
Margaret Liu, Senior Vice President and DeputyGeneral Counsel, Conference of State Bank Supervisors
Steve Wager, Executive Vice President, Operations and Development, itBit

1:17

Blockchain in Real Estate

Blockchain in Real Estate

Blockchain in Real Estate

Blockchain will radically transform the real estate industry and other sectors as well. Our first Blockchain application for lease agreements proves that Blockchain offers you transparency and efficiency and improved risk management. Want to know more and witness its opportunities? http://deloi.tt/2pve5WS

In this video I tell you about Litecoin and Populous and how they exploit disintermediation, efficiency, and competition to create value and take over markets and business sectors dominated by the big banks. None of this is investment advice, just my thoughts on my investments.

Blockchain Explained - What is Blockchain?

Blockchain is a distributed public ledger for transactions of value. It's the underlying technology behind Bitcoin but it will revolutionize the entire financial world, including real estate, stock market, insurance, retail and even democratic voting. Anything of value can be recorded using blockchain technology, eliminating intermediaries and increasing efficiency.
Thanks for watching.
please Like, share and Subscribe..

1:14

What is the Blockchain - A Short EOT Explainer Video

What is the Blockchain - A Short EOT Explainer Video

What is the Blockchain - A Short EOT Explainer Video

Blockchain technology is disrupting many industries as the efficiency and effectiveness is proving to be invaluable.
The Blockchain is the technology and public ledger behind cryptocurrencies. It is a distributed database used to maintain growing list of records called blocks. Each block contains a timestamp and a link to a previous block
There are two types of records on the Blockchain - Transaction and Blocks
- Blocks hold batches of valid transactions that are hashed
- Each block includes the hash of the prior block in the Blockchain
The Blockchain is managed by a Peer to Peer network who validate new blocks
Once records are on the Blockchain, they are always on the Blockchain, making it immutable - Proof instead of Trust
Decentralized storing of data eliminates the risks of data being held centrally - The Blockchain and secure online transactions go hand in hand
The EOT Blockchain is Public and Decentralized, Open and Permissionless
Get involved with EOT and join the forum. Contribute to the development of EOT - http://encryptionofthings.org/forum/
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4:50

360 Blockchain Inc.(CSE: CODE) : 2018 Corporate Update

360 Blockchain Inc.(CSE: CODE) : 2018 Corporate Update

360 Blockchain Inc.(CSE: CODE) : 2018 Corporate Update

360BlockchainInc. has an all-round view to accelerate the development and application of revolutionary blockchain technologies by investing capital and expertise. We are founded on the belief that blockchain technology, essentially a distributed ledger which is transparent and incorruptible, has the potential to transform the way business is conducted, delivering security, cost savings and efficiency gains not seen before in our internet connected world. 360 Blockchain will be focused upon identifying and empowering blockchain technologies applying to crypto-currencies, smart contracts, eSports, data management, the internet of things, equity trading, privacy applications and beyond.

1:36

NEM in Action: Building Communities With Blockchain and Blockchain unlocks Smart Assets Generation

NEM in Action: Building Communities With Blockchain and Blockchain unlocks Smart Assets Generation

NEM in Action: Building Communities With Blockchain and Blockchain unlocks Smart Assets Generation

OfficialSite: https://nem.io
Forum: https://forum.nem.io
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ourNEM
Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/nem/
Follow us on twitter: @NEMofficial
Connect with us:
Global telegram community on NEM:
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Discussion on XEM:
https://t.me/nemberia
Join our meetups around the world:
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University students and Blockchain experts gathered in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on January 12th at the Blockchain EducationNetwork (BEN) inaugural event. Blockchain Education Network (BEN) is an international organization dedicated to forming a robust network of student organizations for blockchain education, innovation, and development.
NEM was invited to talk about NEM Blockchain and how it can solve various enterprise problems.
On the same day, the thematic event “Blockchain unlocks Smart Assets Generation” was co-organized by Infinity Blockchain Labs (IBL) and NEM.io Foundation.
Thanh Le briefly talked about industry problems and issues such as scam and counterfeit, database and transaction, etc. and explained why we should use blockchain technology to reduce cost and dramatically increase day to day efficiency and productivity.
Mr. Nelz Valero – NEM CouncilMember – also introduced about “The Smart Asset Blockchain NEM” (NEM Smart Asset System) and Nano Wallet

15:40

Blockchain Explained, What is Blockchain?

Blockchain Explained, What is Blockchain?

Blockchain Explained, What is Blockchain?

http://www.patrickschwerdtfeger.com/sbi/
Blockchain is a distributed public ledger for transactions of value. It's the underlying technology behind Bitcoin but it will revolutionize the entire financial world, including real estate, stock market, insurance, retail and even democratic voting. Anything of value can be recorded using blockchain technology, eliminating intermediaries and increasing efficiency. This video discusses how blockchain technology works and implications for our world. This is video is based, in part, on the following video by WIRED.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbu6I-8mNUo
Patrick Schwerdtfeger is an expert on global business trends including blockchain, big data and the social media revolution. He's a regular speaker for Bloomberg TV and earns over 90% of his income in speaking fees. He has lectured at various educational institutions including Purdue University and Stanford University. Contact us to check availability for your upcoming event.
Phone: 415-881-7530
Other prominent keynote speakers in the blockchain space include Blythe Masters, Roger Ver and Peter Smith.

3:05

How blockchain can lower rejected healthcare claims due to outdated insurance status

How blockchain can lower rejected healthcare claims due to outdated insurance status

How blockchain can lower rejected healthcare claims due to outdated insurance status

See how IBMBlockchain can help transform the healthcare payments process by making it more efficient, transparent and interoperable. This video shows how blockchain can lower rejected healthcare claims due to outdated insurance status. Learn more at https://www.ibm.com/blockchain/industries/
LINKS
What is Blockchain?: https://ibm.co/2B435Xv
Learn More About IBM Blockchain Platform: https://ibm.co/2zTFKKh

OpenEnergy EfficiencyMeter is a blockchain based energy efficiency marketplace for trading of residential energy efficiency projects using standardised units of savings on building efficiency projects.
InvestorConfidenceProject is an Environmental Defense Fund project to define the roadmap from retrofit to investor ready energy efficiency projects for commercial properties. MattGolden is CEO of Open Energy Efficiency and drives the Environmental Defense Fund’s Investor Confidence Project.
OpenEEMeter: http://www.openeemeter.org/
Investor Confidence Project: http://www.eeperformance.org/
Matt is CEO of Open Energy Efficiency and is both an entrepreneur and policy advocate, committed to bringing energy efficiency in the built environment to scale as a demand-side resource.
Matt drives the Environmental Defense Fund’s Investor Confidence Project, which develops credentialed commercial energy efficiency projects as an asset class to reduce transaction costs, and develop actuarial data to unlock capital markets. He also has lead projects for the US Department of Energy, Pacific Gas and Electric, and a range of solar, finance, and software clients.
As founder of RecurveInc., Matt helped create the first tablet based energy auditing and cloud simulation software for the residential energy efficiency industry based on his real world experience gained as a licensed CA contractor, and as the first BPI Accredited contractor on the West Coast, having conducted energy audits and energy retrofits for thousands homeowners. Recurve was a venture funded through investments from RockportVenturePartners, Shasta Ventures, and the Lowes Companies and was acquired by Tendril Networks in 2012.
Matt is a national leader in the energy efficiency industry and was instrumental in forming EfficiencyFirst, the national trade association for the home retrofitting industry, representing over 1,300 contractors and manufacturers in all fifty states. In addition to Efficiency First, Matt either serves or previously served on a number of national and state nonprofit boards, including the BuildingPerformanceInstitute (BPI), Affordable Comfort Institute, National Home Performance Council, and the California Building Performance ContractorsAssociation (CBPCA).
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Blockchain versus blockchain

There is growing recognition of the revolutionary potential of the blockchain technology, which first saw the light of day as the software underpinning bitcoin. The Economist has run a cover story describing its “distributed ledger”, which potentially renders all sorts of intermediaries redundant as the “great trust engine.” Yet even as there has been a surge in startups looking to build businesses using the bitcoin blockchain, there has been growing concern about the strength and efficiency of that blockchain, and various attempts to design alternative blockchains that are not connected to bitcoin. Some of these efforts have been led by incumbent financial firms, either individually or in consortiums, whilst there has been a growing number of partnerships between blockchain startups and i...

published: 15 Nov 2016

Blockchain and the Energy Sector

Australians have created a blockchain superior to Visa in efficiency

In Sydney was developed a technology that can process more transactions per second than the Visa payment system. Researchers of the University of Sydney said that their technology Red BellyBlockchain can handle more than 660 thousand transactions per second, which is ten times higher than the performance of the Visa payment system. According to the head of the research group Vincent Gramoli, over the past three months the effectiveness of the technology has exceeded all expectations. For the first time, the technology being developed became known in July this year. Then the researchers planned that the new blockchain would be able to process 440 thousand transactions per second. "The results confirm that our blockchain has achieved higher productivity than existing technologies used by fi...

published: 01 Nov 2017

#AskDraghi: How can we harness blockchain technology to support the economy?

Blockchain is an innovative technology that could improve efficiency. We are assessing whether it could be used in our own services in the future. Concerning bitcoin and whether you should trust it, President Draghi advises caution, as it is not backed by any central bank or government, adding that it is not the ECB’s job to regulate it.

VitalHub's Rapid Growth and the Convergence of Healthcare Software and Blockchain Solutions

VitalHub Corp. (CVE:VHI) CEO Dan Matlow talks to James about his rapid growth and the convergence of blockchain into the healthcare space. Health-Care software, is a major growing business as a premium continues to be placed on efficiency. VitalHub is making strategic acquisitions as well as using blockchain solutions to keep records on the Hyperledger. Hyperledger is an umbrella project of open source blockchains and related tools, started in December 2015 by the Linux Foundation, to support the collaborative development of blockchain-based distributed ledgers. VitalHub's specific area of focus is on mental health and long-term care, and for a company that is only 1 year old, their revenues of $7 million shows the demand for these services are currently underserved in a substantial way...

published: 09 Feb 2018

How the blockchain will radically transform the economy | Bettina Warburg

Say hello to the decentralized economy -- the blockchain is about to change everything. In this lucid explainer of the complex (and confusing) technology, Bettina Warburg describes how the blockchain will eliminate the need for centralized institutions like banks or governments to facilitate trade, evolving age-old models of commerce and finance into something far more interesting: a distributed, transparent, autonomous system for exchanging value.
TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more.
Find closed captions and transla...

published: 08 Dec 2016

The Blockchain: A Revolution You Need to Understand

The promise of Bitcoin has been overshadowed by its underlying technology, the blockchain. There is great interest from traditional financial firms, which, saddled with decades-old payment infrastructures, are eager to adapt to the digital realities and improve the efficiency, speed and transparency of transactions. Efforts are underway at the national and international levels to study and monitor the blockchain, and a consortium of large international banks is collaborating on how to bring Bitcoin's technology to bear in the financial marketplace. How can this technology deliver for the financial services industry? Can we expect to see widespread use of these new systems in the near future and, if so, how will they change finance? Are we likely to see movement toward private rather than p...

published: 04 May 2016

Blockchain in Real Estate

Blockchain will radically transform the real estate industry and other sectors as well. Our first Blockchain application for lease agreements proves that Blockchain offers you transparency and efficiency and improved risk management. Want to know more and witness its opportunities? http://deloi.tt/2pve5WS

In this video I tell you about Litecoin and Populous and how they exploit disintermediation, efficiency, and competition to create value and take over markets and business sectors dominated by the big banks. None of this is investment advice, just my thoughts on my investments.

published: 28 Dec 2017

Supply chain integrated with blockchains

Blockchain Explained - What is Blockchain?

Blockchain is a distributed public ledger for transactions of value. It's the underlying technology behind Bitcoin but it will revolutionize the entire financial world, including real estate, stock market, insurance, retail and even democratic voting. Anything of value can be recorded using blockchain technology, eliminating intermediaries and increasing efficiency.
Thanks for watching.
please Like, share and Subscribe..

published: 08 Feb 2017

What is the Blockchain - A Short EOT Explainer Video

Blockchain technology is disrupting many industries as the efficiency and effectiveness is proving to be invaluable.
The Blockchain is the technology and public ledger behind cryptocurrencies. It is a distributed database used to maintain growing list of records called blocks. Each block contains a timestamp and a link to a previous block
There are two types of records on the Blockchain - Transaction and Blocks
- Blocks hold batches of valid transactions that are hashed
- Each block includes the hash of the prior block in the Blockchain
The Blockchain is managed by a Peer to Peer network who validate new blocks
Once records are on the Blockchain, they are always on the Blockchain, making it immutable - Proof instead of Trust
Decentralized storing of data eliminates the risks of da...

published: 31 Jul 2017

360 Blockchain Inc.(CSE: CODE) : 2018 Corporate Update

360BlockchainInc. has an all-round view to accelerate the development and application of revolutionary blockchain technologies by investing capital and expertise. We are founded on the belief that blockchain technology, essentially a distributed ledger which is transparent and incorruptible, has the potential to transform the way business is conducted, delivering security, cost savings and efficiency gains not seen before in our internet connected world. 360 Blockchain will be focused upon identifying and empowering blockchain technologies applying to crypto-currencies, smart contracts, eSports, data management, the internet of things, equity trading, privacy applications and beyond.

published: 13 Feb 2018

NEM in Action: Building Communities With Blockchain and Blockchain unlocks Smart Assets Generation

OfficialSite: https://nem.io
Forum: https://forum.nem.io
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ourNEM
Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/nem/
Follow us on twitter: @NEMofficial
Connect with us:
Global telegram community on NEM:
https://t.me/nemred
Discussion on XEM:
https://t.me/nemberia
Join our meetups around the world:
https://www.meetup.com/pro/nem-foundation/
University students and Blockchain experts gathered in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on January 12th at the Blockchain EducationNetwork (BEN) inaugural event. Blockchain Education Network (BEN) is an international organization dedicated to forming a robust network of student organizations for blockchain education, innovation, and development.
NEM was invited to talk about NEM Blockchain and how it can solve various enterprise prob...

published: 15 Feb 2018

Blockchain Explained, What is Blockchain?

http://www.patrickschwerdtfeger.com/sbi/
Blockchain is a distributed public ledger for transactions of value. It's the underlying technology behind Bitcoin but it will revolutionize the entire financial world, including real estate, stock market, insurance, retail and even democratic voting. Anything of value can be recorded using blockchain technology, eliminating intermediaries and increasing efficiency. This video discusses how blockchain technology works and implications for our world. This is video is based, in part, on the following video by WIRED.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbu6I-8mNUo
Patrick Schwerdtfeger is an expert on global business trends including blockchain, big data and the social media revolution. He's a regular speaker for Bloomberg TV and earns over 90% of his...

published: 15 Sep 2015

How blockchain can lower rejected healthcare claims due to outdated insurance status

See how IBMBlockchain can help transform the healthcare payments process by making it more efficient, transparent and interoperable. This video shows how blockchain can lower rejected healthcare claims due to outdated insurance status. Learn more at https://www.ibm.com/blockchain/industries/
LINKS
What is Blockchain?: https://ibm.co/2B435Xv
Learn More About IBM Blockchain Platform: https://ibm.co/2zTFKKh

OpenEnergy EfficiencyMeter is a blockchain based energy efficiency marketplace for trading of residential energy efficiency projects using standardised units of savings on building efficiency projects.
InvestorConfidenceProject is an Environmental Defense Fund project to define the roadmap from retrofit to investor ready energy efficiency projects for commercial properties. MattGolden is CEO of Open Energy Efficiency and drives the Environmental Defense Fund’s Investor Confidence Project.
OpenEEMeter: http://www.openeemeter.org/
Investor Confidence Project: http://www.eeperformance.org/
Matt is CEO of Open Energy Efficiency and is both an entrepreneur and policy advocate, committed to bringing energy efficiency in the built environment to scale as a demand-side resource.
Matt dr...

Blockchain versus blockchain

There is growing recognition of the revolutionary potential of the blockchain technology, which first saw the light of day as the software underpinning bitcoin....

There is growing recognition of the revolutionary potential of the blockchain technology, which first saw the light of day as the software underpinning bitcoin. The Economist has run a cover story describing its “distributed ledger”, which potentially renders all sorts of intermediaries redundant as the “great trust engine.” Yet even as there has been a surge in startups looking to build businesses using the bitcoin blockchain, there has been growing concern about the strength and efficiency of that blockchain, and various attempts to design alternative blockchains that are not connected to bitcoin. Some of these efforts have been led by incumbent financial firms, either individually or in consortiums, whilst there has been a growing number of partnerships between blockchain startups and incumbent financial firms.
Which blockchain, if any, will come out on top? Will partnership strategies play a big part in determining this? Will partnerships actually increase the spread and size of the benefits generated by adopting blockchain technology? Will billions of dollars of revenues currently generated through financial intermediation be wiped out by more efficient blockchain technology, benefiting consumers? And which types of intermediation are most at risk of creative destruction? Or will partnerships and/or acquisitions allow incumbents to become more efficient and profitable while protecting their traditional intermediary functions?
Speakers:
Michael Novogratz, Former president, Fortress Investment GroupTodd McDonald, Co-founder, R3
Jeremy Allaire, Founder, chairman and chief executive, CircleModerator: Matthew Bishop, Senior editor, The Economist Group

There is growing recognition of the revolutionary potential of the blockchain technology, which first saw the light of day as the software underpinning bitcoin. The Economist has run a cover story describing its “distributed ledger”, which potentially renders all sorts of intermediaries redundant as the “great trust engine.” Yet even as there has been a surge in startups looking to build businesses using the bitcoin blockchain, there has been growing concern about the strength and efficiency of that blockchain, and various attempts to design alternative blockchains that are not connected to bitcoin. Some of these efforts have been led by incumbent financial firms, either individually or in consortiums, whilst there has been a growing number of partnerships between blockchain startups and incumbent financial firms.
Which blockchain, if any, will come out on top? Will partnership strategies play a big part in determining this? Will partnerships actually increase the spread and size of the benefits generated by adopting blockchain technology? Will billions of dollars of revenues currently generated through financial intermediation be wiped out by more efficient blockchain technology, benefiting consumers? And which types of intermediation are most at risk of creative destruction? Or will partnerships and/or acquisitions allow incumbents to become more efficient and profitable while protecting their traditional intermediary functions?
Speakers:
Michael Novogratz, Former president, Fortress Investment GroupTodd McDonald, Co-founder, R3
Jeremy Allaire, Founder, chairman and chief executive, CircleModerator: Matthew Bishop, Senior editor, The Economist Group

In Sydney was developed a technology that can process more transactions per second than the Visa payment system. Researchers of the University of Sydney said that their technology Red BellyBlockchain can handle more than 660 thousand transactions per second, which is ten times higher than the performance of the Visa payment system. According to the head of the research group Vincent Gramoli, over the past three months the effectiveness of the technology has exceeded all expectations. For the first time, the technology being developed became known in July this year. Then the researchers planned that the new blockchain would be able to process 440 thousand transactions per second. "The results confirm that our blockchain has achieved higher productivity than existing technologies used by financial institutions, including Visa," Gramoli states. "The next goal is to make the Red Belly Blockchain available to all Internet users." Note that the technology has already been tested in 14 countries, including the United States, Britain, Germany, Brazil and Japan.
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In Sydney was developed a technology that can process more transactions per second than the Visa payment system. Researchers of the University of Sydney said that their technology Red BellyBlockchain can handle more than 660 thousand transactions per second, which is ten times higher than the performance of the Visa payment system. According to the head of the research group Vincent Gramoli, over the past three months the effectiveness of the technology has exceeded all expectations. For the first time, the technology being developed became known in July this year. Then the researchers planned that the new blockchain would be able to process 440 thousand transactions per second. "The results confirm that our blockchain has achieved higher productivity than existing technologies used by financial institutions, including Visa," Gramoli states. "The next goal is to make the Red Belly Blockchain available to all Internet users." Note that the technology has already been tested in 14 countries, including the United States, Britain, Germany, Brazil and Japan.
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published:01 Nov 2017

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#AskDraghi: How can we harness blockchain technology to support the economy?

Blockchain is an innovative technology that could improve efficiency. We are assessing whether it could be used in our own services in the future. Concerning bi...

Blockchain is an innovative technology that could improve efficiency. We are assessing whether it could be used in our own services in the future. Concerning bitcoin and whether you should trust it, President Draghi advises caution, as it is not backed by any central bank or government, adding that it is not the ECB’s job to regulate it.

Blockchain is an innovative technology that could improve efficiency. We are assessing whether it could be used in our own services in the future. Concerning bitcoin and whether you should trust it, President Draghi advises caution, as it is not backed by any central bank or government, adding that it is not the ECB’s job to regulate it.

VitalHub's Rapid Growth and the Convergence of Healthcare Software and Blockchain Solutions

VitalHub Corp. (CVE:VHI) CEO Dan Matlow talks to James about his rapid growth and the convergence of blockchain into the healthcare space. Health-Care software...

VitalHub Corp. (CVE:VHI) CEO Dan Matlow talks to James about his rapid growth and the convergence of blockchain into the healthcare space. Health-Care software, is a major growing business as a premium continues to be placed on efficiency. VitalHub is making strategic acquisitions as well as using blockchain solutions to keep records on the Hyperledger. Hyperledger is an umbrella project of open source blockchains and related tools, started in December 2015 by the Linux Foundation, to support the collaborative development of blockchain-based distributed ledgers. VitalHub's specific area of focus is on mental health and long-term care, and for a company that is only 1 year old, their revenues of $7 million shows the demand for these services are currently underserved in a substantial way.

VitalHub Corp. (CVE:VHI) CEO Dan Matlow talks to James about his rapid growth and the convergence of blockchain into the healthcare space. Health-Care software, is a major growing business as a premium continues to be placed on efficiency. VitalHub is making strategic acquisitions as well as using blockchain solutions to keep records on the Hyperledger. Hyperledger is an umbrella project of open source blockchains and related tools, started in December 2015 by the Linux Foundation, to support the collaborative development of blockchain-based distributed ledgers. VitalHub's specific area of focus is on mental health and long-term care, and for a company that is only 1 year old, their revenues of $7 million shows the demand for these services are currently underserved in a substantial way.

published:09 Feb 2018

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How the blockchain will radically transform the economy | Bettina Warburg

Say hello to the decentralized economy -- the blockchain is about to change everything. In this lucid explainer of the complex (and confusing) technology, Betti...

Say hello to the decentralized economy -- the blockchain is about to change everything. In this lucid explainer of the complex (and confusing) technology, Bettina Warburg describes how the blockchain will eliminate the need for centralized institutions like banks or governments to facilitate trade, evolving age-old models of commerce and finance into something far more interesting: a distributed, transparent, autonomous system for exchanging value.
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Say hello to the decentralized economy -- the blockchain is about to change everything. In this lucid explainer of the complex (and confusing) technology, Bettina Warburg describes how the blockchain will eliminate the need for centralized institutions like banks or governments to facilitate trade, evolving age-old models of commerce and finance into something far more interesting: a distributed, transparent, autonomous system for exchanging value.
TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more.
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The Blockchain: A Revolution You Need to Understand

The promise of Bitcoin has been overshadowed by its underlying technology, the blockchain. There is great interest from traditional financial firms, which, sadd...

The promise of Bitcoin has been overshadowed by its underlying technology, the blockchain. There is great interest from traditional financial firms, which, saddled with decades-old payment infrastructures, are eager to adapt to the digital realities and improve the efficiency, speed and transparency of transactions. Efforts are underway at the national and international levels to study and monitor the blockchain, and a consortium of large international banks is collaborating on how to bring Bitcoin's technology to bear in the financial marketplace. How can this technology deliver for the financial services industry? Can we expect to see widespread use of these new systems in the near future and, if so, how will they change finance? Are we likely to see movement toward private rather than public blockchains, and how will this affect transparency and security?
ModeratorMarcHochstein, Editor-in-Chief, American Banker
Speakers
BrianForde, Director, Digital Currency, MIT Media LabJalak Jobanputra, Founding Partner, FuturePerfect VenturesLeanneKemp, Founder and CEO, Everledger
Margaret Liu, Senior Vice President and DeputyGeneral Counsel, Conference of State Bank Supervisors
Steve Wager, Executive Vice President, Operations and Development, itBit

The promise of Bitcoin has been overshadowed by its underlying technology, the blockchain. There is great interest from traditional financial firms, which, saddled with decades-old payment infrastructures, are eager to adapt to the digital realities and improve the efficiency, speed and transparency of transactions. Efforts are underway at the national and international levels to study and monitor the blockchain, and a consortium of large international banks is collaborating on how to bring Bitcoin's technology to bear in the financial marketplace. How can this technology deliver for the financial services industry? Can we expect to see widespread use of these new systems in the near future and, if so, how will they change finance? Are we likely to see movement toward private rather than public blockchains, and how will this affect transparency and security?
ModeratorMarcHochstein, Editor-in-Chief, American Banker
Speakers
BrianForde, Director, Digital Currency, MIT Media LabJalak Jobanputra, Founding Partner, FuturePerfect VenturesLeanneKemp, Founder and CEO, Everledger
Margaret Liu, Senior Vice President and DeputyGeneral Counsel, Conference of State Bank Supervisors
Steve Wager, Executive Vice President, Operations and Development, itBit

Blockchain in Real Estate

Blockchain will radically transform the real estate industry and other sectors as well. Our first Blockchain application for lease agreements proves that Blockc...

Blockchain will radically transform the real estate industry and other sectors as well. Our first Blockchain application for lease agreements proves that Blockchain offers you transparency and efficiency and improved risk management. Want to know more and witness its opportunities? http://deloi.tt/2pve5WS

Blockchain will radically transform the real estate industry and other sectors as well. Our first Blockchain application for lease agreements proves that Blockchain offers you transparency and efficiency and improved risk management. Want to know more and witness its opportunities? http://deloi.tt/2pve5WS

In this video I tell you about Litecoin and Populous and how they exploit disintermediation, efficiency, and competition to create value and take over markets a...

In this video I tell you about Litecoin and Populous and how they exploit disintermediation, efficiency, and competition to create value and take over markets and business sectors dominated by the big banks. None of this is investment advice, just my thoughts on my investments.

In this video I tell you about Litecoin and Populous and how they exploit disintermediation, efficiency, and competition to create value and take over markets and business sectors dominated by the big banks. None of this is investment advice, just my thoughts on my investments.

Blockchain Explained - What is Blockchain?

Blockchain is a distributed public ledger for transactions of value. It's the underlying technology behind Bitcoin but it will revolutionize the entire financia...

Blockchain is a distributed public ledger for transactions of value. It's the underlying technology behind Bitcoin but it will revolutionize the entire financial world, including real estate, stock market, insurance, retail and even democratic voting. Anything of value can be recorded using blockchain technology, eliminating intermediaries and increasing efficiency.
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Blockchain is a distributed public ledger for transactions of value. It's the underlying technology behind Bitcoin but it will revolutionize the entire financial world, including real estate, stock market, insurance, retail and even democratic voting. Anything of value can be recorded using blockchain technology, eliminating intermediaries and increasing efficiency.
Thanks for watching.
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What is the Blockchain - A Short EOT Explainer Video

Blockchain technology is disrupting many industries as the efficiency and effectiveness is proving to be invaluable.
The Blockchain is the technology and publi...

Blockchain technology is disrupting many industries as the efficiency and effectiveness is proving to be invaluable.
The Blockchain is the technology and public ledger behind cryptocurrencies. It is a distributed database used to maintain growing list of records called blocks. Each block contains a timestamp and a link to a previous block
There are two types of records on the Blockchain - Transaction and Blocks
- Blocks hold batches of valid transactions that are hashed
- Each block includes the hash of the prior block in the Blockchain
The Blockchain is managed by a Peer to Peer network who validate new blocks
Once records are on the Blockchain, they are always on the Blockchain, making it immutable - Proof instead of Trust
Decentralized storing of data eliminates the risks of data being held centrally - The Blockchain and secure online transactions go hand in hand
The EOT Blockchain is Public and Decentralized, Open and Permissionless
Get involved with EOT and join the forum. Contribute to the development of EOT - http://encryptionofthings.org/forum/
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Please watch: "Will Regulation and BanksKillBitcoin?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc6dAapXhWI
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Blockchain technology is disrupting many industries as the efficiency and effectiveness is proving to be invaluable.
The Blockchain is the technology and public ledger behind cryptocurrencies. It is a distributed database used to maintain growing list of records called blocks. Each block contains a timestamp and a link to a previous block
There are two types of records on the Blockchain - Transaction and Blocks
- Blocks hold batches of valid transactions that are hashed
- Each block includes the hash of the prior block in the Blockchain
The Blockchain is managed by a Peer to Peer network who validate new blocks
Once records are on the Blockchain, they are always on the Blockchain, making it immutable - Proof instead of Trust
Decentralized storing of data eliminates the risks of data being held centrally - The Blockchain and secure online transactions go hand in hand
The EOT Blockchain is Public and Decentralized, Open and Permissionless
Get involved with EOT and join the forum. Contribute to the development of EOT - http://encryptionofthings.org/forum/
-~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
Please watch: "Will Regulation and BanksKillBitcoin?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc6dAapXhWI
-~-~~-~~~-~~-~-

360 Blockchain Inc.(CSE: CODE) : 2018 Corporate Update

360BlockchainInc. has an all-round view to accelerate the development and application of revolutionary blockchain technologies by investing capital and expert...

360BlockchainInc. has an all-round view to accelerate the development and application of revolutionary blockchain technologies by investing capital and expertise. We are founded on the belief that blockchain technology, essentially a distributed ledger which is transparent and incorruptible, has the potential to transform the way business is conducted, delivering security, cost savings and efficiency gains not seen before in our internet connected world. 360 Blockchain will be focused upon identifying and empowering blockchain technologies applying to crypto-currencies, smart contracts, eSports, data management, the internet of things, equity trading, privacy applications and beyond.

360BlockchainInc. has an all-round view to accelerate the development and application of revolutionary blockchain technologies by investing capital and expertise. We are founded on the belief that blockchain technology, essentially a distributed ledger which is transparent and incorruptible, has the potential to transform the way business is conducted, delivering security, cost savings and efficiency gains not seen before in our internet connected world. 360 Blockchain will be focused upon identifying and empowering blockchain technologies applying to crypto-currencies, smart contracts, eSports, data management, the internet of things, equity trading, privacy applications and beyond.

published:13 Feb 2018

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NEM in Action: Building Communities With Blockchain and Blockchain unlocks Smart Assets Generation

OfficialSite: https://nem.io
Forum: https://forum.nem.io
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ourNEM
Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/nem/
Follow us on twitter: @NEMofficial
Connect with us:
Global telegram community on NEM:
https://t.me/nemred
Discussion on XEM:
https://t.me/nemberia
Join our meetups around the world:
https://www.meetup.com/pro/nem-foundation/
University students and Blockchain experts gathered in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on January 12th at the Blockchain EducationNetwork (BEN) inaugural event. Blockchain Education Network (BEN) is an international organization dedicated to forming a robust network of student organizations for blockchain education, innovation, and development.
NEM was invited to talk about NEM Blockchain and how it can solve various enterprise problems.
On the same day, the thematic event “Blockchain unlocks Smart Assets Generation” was co-organized by Infinity Blockchain Labs (IBL) and NEM.io Foundation.
Thanh Le briefly talked about industry problems and issues such as scam and counterfeit, database and transaction, etc. and explained why we should use blockchain technology to reduce cost and dramatically increase day to day efficiency and productivity.
Mr. Nelz Valero – NEM CouncilMember – also introduced about “The Smart Asset Blockchain NEM” (NEM Smart Asset System) and Nano Wallet

OfficialSite: https://nem.io
Forum: https://forum.nem.io
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ourNEM
Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/nem/
Follow us on twitter: @NEMofficial
Connect with us:
Global telegram community on NEM:
https://t.me/nemred
Discussion on XEM:
https://t.me/nemberia
Join our meetups around the world:
https://www.meetup.com/pro/nem-foundation/
University students and Blockchain experts gathered in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on January 12th at the Blockchain EducationNetwork (BEN) inaugural event. Blockchain Education Network (BEN) is an international organization dedicated to forming a robust network of student organizations for blockchain education, innovation, and development.
NEM was invited to talk about NEM Blockchain and how it can solve various enterprise problems.
On the same day, the thematic event “Blockchain unlocks Smart Assets Generation” was co-organized by Infinity Blockchain Labs (IBL) and NEM.io Foundation.
Thanh Le briefly talked about industry problems and issues such as scam and counterfeit, database and transaction, etc. and explained why we should use blockchain technology to reduce cost and dramatically increase day to day efficiency and productivity.
Mr. Nelz Valero – NEM CouncilMember – also introduced about “The Smart Asset Blockchain NEM” (NEM Smart Asset System) and Nano Wallet

Blockchain Explained, What is Blockchain?

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Blockchain is a distributed public ledger for transactions of value. It's the underlying technology behind Bitcoin bu...

http://www.patrickschwerdtfeger.com/sbi/
Blockchain is a distributed public ledger for transactions of value. It's the underlying technology behind Bitcoin but it will revolutionize the entire financial world, including real estate, stock market, insurance, retail and even democratic voting. Anything of value can be recorded using blockchain technology, eliminating intermediaries and increasing efficiency. This video discusses how blockchain technology works and implications for our world. This is video is based, in part, on the following video by WIRED.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbu6I-8mNUo
Patrick Schwerdtfeger is an expert on global business trends including blockchain, big data and the social media revolution. He's a regular speaker for Bloomberg TV and earns over 90% of his income in speaking fees. He has lectured at various educational institutions including Purdue University and Stanford University. Contact us to check availability for your upcoming event.
Phone: 415-881-7530
Other prominent keynote speakers in the blockchain space include Blythe Masters, Roger Ver and Peter Smith.

http://www.patrickschwerdtfeger.com/sbi/
Blockchain is a distributed public ledger for transactions of value. It's the underlying technology behind Bitcoin but it will revolutionize the entire financial world, including real estate, stock market, insurance, retail and even democratic voting. Anything of value can be recorded using blockchain technology, eliminating intermediaries and increasing efficiency. This video discusses how blockchain technology works and implications for our world. This is video is based, in part, on the following video by WIRED.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbu6I-8mNUo
Patrick Schwerdtfeger is an expert on global business trends including blockchain, big data and the social media revolution. He's a regular speaker for Bloomberg TV and earns over 90% of his income in speaking fees. He has lectured at various educational institutions including Purdue University and Stanford University. Contact us to check availability for your upcoming event.
Phone: 415-881-7530
Other prominent keynote speakers in the blockchain space include Blythe Masters, Roger Ver and Peter Smith.

published:15 Sep 2015

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How blockchain can lower rejected healthcare claims due to outdated insurance status

See how IBMBlockchain can help transform the healthcare payments process by making it more efficient, transparent and interoperable. This video shows how block...

See how IBMBlockchain can help transform the healthcare payments process by making it more efficient, transparent and interoperable. This video shows how blockchain can lower rejected healthcare claims due to outdated insurance status. Learn more at https://www.ibm.com/blockchain/industries/
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What is Blockchain?: https://ibm.co/2B435Xv
Learn More About IBM Blockchain Platform: https://ibm.co/2zTFKKh

See how IBMBlockchain can help transform the healthcare payments process by making it more efficient, transparent and interoperable. This video shows how blockchain can lower rejected healthcare claims due to outdated insurance status. Learn more at https://www.ibm.com/blockchain/industries/
LINKS
What is Blockchain?: https://ibm.co/2B435Xv
Learn More About IBM Blockchain Platform: https://ibm.co/2zTFKKh

OpenEnergy EfficiencyMeter is a blockchain based energy efficiency marketplace for trading of residential energy efficiency projects using standardised units ...

OpenEnergy EfficiencyMeter is a blockchain based energy efficiency marketplace for trading of residential energy efficiency projects using standardised units of savings on building efficiency projects.
InvestorConfidenceProject is an Environmental Defense Fund project to define the roadmap from retrofit to investor ready energy efficiency projects for commercial properties. MattGolden is CEO of Open Energy Efficiency and drives the Environmental Defense Fund’s Investor Confidence Project.
OpenEEMeter: http://www.openeemeter.org/
Investor Confidence Project: http://www.eeperformance.org/
Matt is CEO of Open Energy Efficiency and is both an entrepreneur and policy advocate, committed to bringing energy efficiency in the built environment to scale as a demand-side resource.
Matt drives the Environmental Defense Fund’s Investor Confidence Project, which develops credentialed commercial energy efficiency projects as an asset class to reduce transaction costs, and develop actuarial data to unlock capital markets. He also has lead projects for the US Department of Energy, Pacific Gas and Electric, and a range of solar, finance, and software clients.
As founder of RecurveInc., Matt helped create the first tablet based energy auditing and cloud simulation software for the residential energy efficiency industry based on his real world experience gained as a licensed CA contractor, and as the first BPI Accredited contractor on the West Coast, having conducted energy audits and energy retrofits for thousands homeowners. Recurve was a venture funded through investments from RockportVenturePartners, Shasta Ventures, and the Lowes Companies and was acquired by Tendril Networks in 2012.
Matt is a national leader in the energy efficiency industry and was instrumental in forming EfficiencyFirst, the national trade association for the home retrofitting industry, representing over 1,300 contractors and manufacturers in all fifty states. In addition to Efficiency First, Matt either serves or previously served on a number of national and state nonprofit boards, including the BuildingPerformanceInstitute (BPI), Affordable Comfort Institute, National Home Performance Council, and the California Building Performance ContractorsAssociation (CBPCA).
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OpenEnergy EfficiencyMeter is a blockchain based energy efficiency marketplace for trading of residential energy efficiency projects using standardised units of savings on building efficiency projects.
InvestorConfidenceProject is an Environmental Defense Fund project to define the roadmap from retrofit to investor ready energy efficiency projects for commercial properties. MattGolden is CEO of Open Energy Efficiency and drives the Environmental Defense Fund’s Investor Confidence Project.
OpenEEMeter: http://www.openeemeter.org/
Investor Confidence Project: http://www.eeperformance.org/
Matt is CEO of Open Energy Efficiency and is both an entrepreneur and policy advocate, committed to bringing energy efficiency in the built environment to scale as a demand-side resource.
Matt drives the Environmental Defense Fund’s Investor Confidence Project, which develops credentialed commercial energy efficiency projects as an asset class to reduce transaction costs, and develop actuarial data to unlock capital markets. He also has lead projects for the US Department of Energy, Pacific Gas and Electric, and a range of solar, finance, and software clients.
As founder of RecurveInc., Matt helped create the first tablet based energy auditing and cloud simulation software for the residential energy efficiency industry based on his real world experience gained as a licensed CA contractor, and as the first BPI Accredited contractor on the West Coast, having conducted energy audits and energy retrofits for thousands homeowners. Recurve was a venture funded through investments from RockportVenturePartners, Shasta Ventures, and the Lowes Companies and was acquired by Tendril Networks in 2012.
Matt is a national leader in the energy efficiency industry and was instrumental in forming EfficiencyFirst, the national trade association for the home retrofitting industry, representing over 1,300 contractors and manufacturers in all fifty states. In addition to Efficiency First, Matt either serves or previously served on a number of national and state nonprofit boards, including the BuildingPerformanceInstitute (BPI), Affordable Comfort Institute, National Home Performance Council, and the California Building Performance ContractorsAssociation (CBPCA).
Learn more about cleanweb: http://www.cleanweb.tv
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Blockchain versus blockchain

There is growing recognition of the revolutionary potential of the blockchain technology, which first saw the light of day as the software underpinning bitcoin. The Economist has run a cover story describing its “distributed ledger”, which potentially renders all sorts of intermediaries redundant as the “great trust engine.” Yet even as there has been a surge in startups looking to build businesses using the bitcoin blockchain, there has been growing concern about the strength and efficiency of that blockchain, and various attempts to design alternative blockchains that are not connected to bitcoin. Some of these efforts have been led by incumbent financial firms, either individually or in consortiums, whilst there has been a growing number of partnerships between blockchain startups and i...

OpenEnergy EfficiencyMeter is a blockchain based energy efficiency marketplace for trading of residential energy efficiency projects using standardised units of savings on building efficiency projects.
InvestorConfidenceProject is an Environmental Defense Fund project to define the roadmap from retrofit to investor ready energy efficiency projects for commercial properties. MattGolden is CEO of Open Energy Efficiency and drives the Environmental Defense Fund’s Investor Confidence Project.
OpenEEMeter: http://www.openeemeter.org/
Investor Confidence Project: http://www.eeperformance.org/
Matt is CEO of Open Energy Efficiency and is both an entrepreneur and policy advocate, committed to bringing energy efficiency in the built environment to scale as a demand-side resource.
Matt dr...

published: 20 Mar 2016

Reimagining Consumer Identity with Blockchain

SecureKey CIOAndre Boysen discusses the challenges consumers are facing with their digital identity, and shares a demo on how IBMBlockchain and SecureKey are working to provide efficiency, privacy and security.
To learn more about IBM Blockchain identity solutions, visit: https://www.ibm.com/blockchain/identity/
LINKS
What is Blockchain?: https://ibm.co/2B435Xv
Learn More About IBM Blockchain Platform: https://ibm.co/2zTFKKh

published: 30 May 2017

The Blockchain: A Revolution You Need to Understand

The promise of Bitcoin has been overshadowed by its underlying technology, the blockchain. There is great interest from traditional financial firms, which, saddled with decades-old payment infrastructures, are eager to adapt to the digital realities and improve the efficiency, speed and transparency of transactions. Efforts are underway at the national and international levels to study and monitor the blockchain, and a consortium of large international banks is collaborating on how to bring Bitcoin's technology to bear in the financial marketplace. How can this technology deliver for the financial services industry? Can we expect to see widespread use of these new systems in the near future and, if so, how will they change finance? Are we likely to see movement toward private rather than p...

published: 04 May 2016

The Blockchain: Enabling a Distributed and Connected Energy Future

Bitcoin’s underlying protocol, called “the blockchain”, is a distributed consensus-driven infrastructure enabling trust between connected assets. While currently considered only a financial tool, the blockchain’s actual capability is extremely broad. Just as advances in TCP/IP created vast opportunities for the internet, the blockchain is enabling us to rethink the basic infrastructure of how energy is distributed, accounted for and secured.
**BonusDemo:** Be sure to watch at the end of this talk, as a Bitcoin transfer from Cambridge in real time buys electricity for a small school in South Africa.

Dmitry Meshkov, one of the founders of Ergo Platform and contributor to Scorex, will give a code-centric deep dive into Bitcoin mechanics from an engineering viewpoint.

published: 04 Oct 2017

Hashgraph and the Future of Distributed Consensus | Internet for the 21st Century with Leemon Baird

Watch our first interview with Leemon Baird here: https://youtu.be/Sg-0Dgxc0io
Video from our Hashgraph event is located here: https://youtu.be/ole2WuwNLL4
On this video episode of Hidden Forces, host Demetri Kofinas interviews Leemon Baird, the inventor of Hashgraph, a new, distributed ledger technology poised to disrupt the entire ecosystem of blockchain-based applications and cryptocurrencies.
Leemon Baird is the Co-founder and CTO of Swirlds Inc. With over 20 years of technology and startup experience, he has held positions as a Professor of Computer Science at the Air Force Academy, Adjunct Professor at multiple other prestigious universities, and as a senior scientist in several labs. He has been the co-founder of several startups, including two identity-related starts-ups with su...

https://iohk.io/research/papers/a-pro...Mathematicians with a curiosity about the algorithms behind blockchain came to hear Aggelos Kiayias speak at Oxford university’s Mathematical Institute on Wednesday. Professor Kiayias, Chief Scientist at IOHK, had been invited to the university to give a talk on his work on Ouroboros, a provably secure Proof-of-Stake algorithm for blockchain. It the first time such a cryptographic protocol has been devised and is significant because its use would enable blockchains to process many more transactions, giving the technology the muscle that would scale it up for far wider use than at present. “Bitcoin is slow,” he said in the presentation, in an outline of the problem. “The transactions per second of Visa are in the order of many thousands, for Paypal i...

published: 29 Nov 2017

Blockchain vs. Bullshit: Thoughts on the Future of Money

In this talk "Blockchain vs. Bullshit - Thoughts on the Future of Money," Andreas outlines the necessary criteria that will help you distinguish blockchains from bullshit, and why the goal of developing this technology should not be "banking the unbanked" but rather de-banking all of us.
This keynote talk took place at the Blockchain AfricaConference on March 2nd 2017 at the FocusRooms in Johannesburg, South Africa: http://blockchainafrica.co/speakers/andreas-m-antonopoulos/
TOPICS:
The hype and empty promises around "blockchain" 2:30
Reconsidering info security, research in applied cryptography 4:45
Blockchains vs. databases 7:13
The essence of Bitcoin: revolutionizing trust 8:33
Open blockchains are the only ones that matter 10:24
Censorship resistance and other important characteris...

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Permissionable blockchains have gained much attention from enterprise this past year, and specifically, the traditional fiance and FinTech sectors. As new protocols emerge and the technology is matures, it is becoming apparent they are simply a new class of database, one which integrates business logic (smart contracts) and a consensus layer (PoS, PoW, etc).
Casey Kuhlman is the CEO of Eris Industries, a company which specialises in building permissioned blockchain systems for enterprise. Their aim is to deliver the technologies which enable companies to easily build and deploy applications which make use of blockchain and smart contract technologies.
Topics we discussed include:
- Casey’s...

published: 06 Jan 2016

The Microsoft vision for Blockchain - BRK2177

Blockchain is emerging as a topic of interest in our conversations with business leaders. A growing number of enterprises are experimenting with the technology as a secure and transparent way to digitally track the ownership of assets across trust boundaries, opening new opportunities for cross-organizational collaboration and imaginative new business models. Microsoft’s vision is to help companies thrive in this era of secure multi-party computation, delivering open, scalable platforms and services that any company, from ledger startups to governments, health organizations to global banks, can use to create new value.

published: 28 Sep 2017

Digital Transformation and Blockchain

Digital Transformation is all about looking at your business models and industries in fundamentally new ways of operating at higher levels of innovation in order to provide better business value for customers while lowering TCO. Whether you are born digital or analog, an effective DT strategy is essential to remain competitive in this new era of business, by using Multi-Speed IT architectures and the latest technologies enabling businesses to do more, thereby providing a better experience to partners and customers.
Blockchain is such a revolutionary technology and in this webinar, we'll explore the fundamentals of Blockchain, how IBM Blockchain works on IBM's DigitalInnovationPlatform: Bluemix and how it has the potential to increase trust, transparency, and efficiency in your business ...

published: 01 May 2017

EB84 – Tim Swanson: Permissioned Ledgers And The Case For Blockchains Without Bitcoin

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One topic that is guaranteed to cause heated discussion among cryptocurrency enthusiasts is the idea that blockchains can be controlled by known validators and function without an underlying cryptocurrency. Some think this is a non-sensical idea fabricated by those spineless enough to want to appease regulators and but clueless enough to miss the whole point of cryptocurrencies. But others believe that Bitcoin is unsuited for a lof of 'Bitcoin 2.0' applications and that permissioned ledgers have wide-reaching potential to increase efficiency and transparency.
Tim Swanson joined us for an important discussion of permissioned ledgers. He's among their best-known proponents and has recently publi...

published: 22 Jun 2015

SDS|2016: Paulina Figol on What does blockchain mean for Data Science?

Abstract. The presentation entails the implications of using blockchain in data science. This technology is a distributed database and is fundamentally a new paradigm for organizing any kind of transactional activity - cheaper, with more efficiency and at much greater scale. The 2015World Economic Forum underlined the concept as one of the six future megatrends for the next decade.
The technology’s intelligence layer, initially designed for Bitcoin transactions, applies advanced machine learning and distributed systems to cryptographic platforms. This facilitates various types of transactions within enterprises, such as financial services or banks, to make smart and quick real time decisions, while maintaining data privacy and trust. A case study of a commercial blockchain version of Uber...

published: 12 Oct 2016

Panel Discussion Day One

BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES:
1. WHAT ARE THE CURRENT ISSUES/PAIN POINTS INDUSTRIES ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS BY USING BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY?
SecurityTransparencyEfficiency
Cost
2. WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES, PARTICULARLY IN AFRICA, FOR FUTURE USE CASES OF BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY?
BlockchainFinance: digital currencies: payments, remittances, clearing and settlement, trade finance and capital markets
Blockchain Property: smart property: allows ownership of physical and non-physical property to be verified, programmable and trade-able on the blockchain
Blockchain Law: smart contracts: programmable and self-executing contracts
Blockchain Identity: identity verification, authorisation and management
What is the difference between public and private blockchains, and what are the benefit...

Blockchains: The End of the Corporation or its Reinvention?

Speakers:
Claire Balva- BlockchainFrance
Philippe Dewost- Caisse des dépôtsVincent Fily- MicrosoftArno Laeven- PhilipsModerator:
Benjamin Tincq- OuiShare
The Internet has enabled decentralized exchange of information, but until know, any exchange of value had to rely on a trusted third party, even in the digital economy. With Blockchain Tech, even transactions can be managed in a completely distributed fashion, removing the need for any intermediary at all: it is "the Ultimate Uberization". Does this mean corporations will eventually disappear, or morph into blockchain-based DAOs - "Decentralized Autonomous Organizations" ? Or in the contrary, will the transparency and efficiency of blockchain technology open a whole range of possibilities for businesses to reinvent their industry,...

published: 28 May 2016

Breakfast session: Building the blockchain--The promise and perils

Last year venture capitalists invested nearly $500 million in blockchain business, up from $2 million just three years earlier. They see huge potential for this technology to disrupt industries by improving security and trust whilst increasing efficiency and lowering costs. Yet what is the reality behind the excitement about the possibility that blockchain can bring revolutionary change to finance and the broader economy? Which of the many proof of concept projects currently in play will come to fruition?
In this session, leading players in the blockchain movement will analyse the potential applications for blockchain across a range of industries and innovations, including smart contracts, auditing and insurance, payment and settlement, anti-money laundering and reaching the unbanked. Wha...

Blockchain versus blockchain

There is growing recognition of the revolutionary potential of the blockchain technology, which first saw the light of day as the software underpinning bitcoin....

There is growing recognition of the revolutionary potential of the blockchain technology, which first saw the light of day as the software underpinning bitcoin. The Economist has run a cover story describing its “distributed ledger”, which potentially renders all sorts of intermediaries redundant as the “great trust engine.” Yet even as there has been a surge in startups looking to build businesses using the bitcoin blockchain, there has been growing concern about the strength and efficiency of that blockchain, and various attempts to design alternative blockchains that are not connected to bitcoin. Some of these efforts have been led by incumbent financial firms, either individually or in consortiums, whilst there has been a growing number of partnerships between blockchain startups and incumbent financial firms.
Which blockchain, if any, will come out on top? Will partnership strategies play a big part in determining this? Will partnerships actually increase the spread and size of the benefits generated by adopting blockchain technology? Will billions of dollars of revenues currently generated through financial intermediation be wiped out by more efficient blockchain technology, benefiting consumers? And which types of intermediation are most at risk of creative destruction? Or will partnerships and/or acquisitions allow incumbents to become more efficient and profitable while protecting their traditional intermediary functions?
Speakers:
Michael Novogratz, Former president, Fortress Investment GroupTodd McDonald, Co-founder, R3
Jeremy Allaire, Founder, chairman and chief executive, CircleModerator: Matthew Bishop, Senior editor, The Economist Group

There is growing recognition of the revolutionary potential of the blockchain technology, which first saw the light of day as the software underpinning bitcoin. The Economist has run a cover story describing its “distributed ledger”, which potentially renders all sorts of intermediaries redundant as the “great trust engine.” Yet even as there has been a surge in startups looking to build businesses using the bitcoin blockchain, there has been growing concern about the strength and efficiency of that blockchain, and various attempts to design alternative blockchains that are not connected to bitcoin. Some of these efforts have been led by incumbent financial firms, either individually or in consortiums, whilst there has been a growing number of partnerships between blockchain startups and incumbent financial firms.
Which blockchain, if any, will come out on top? Will partnership strategies play a big part in determining this? Will partnerships actually increase the spread and size of the benefits generated by adopting blockchain technology? Will billions of dollars of revenues currently generated through financial intermediation be wiped out by more efficient blockchain technology, benefiting consumers? And which types of intermediation are most at risk of creative destruction? Or will partnerships and/or acquisitions allow incumbents to become more efficient and profitable while protecting their traditional intermediary functions?
Speakers:
Michael Novogratz, Former president, Fortress Investment GroupTodd McDonald, Co-founder, R3
Jeremy Allaire, Founder, chairman and chief executive, CircleModerator: Matthew Bishop, Senior editor, The Economist Group

OpenEnergy EfficiencyMeter is a blockchain based energy efficiency marketplace for trading of residential energy efficiency projects using standardised units ...

OpenEnergy EfficiencyMeter is a blockchain based energy efficiency marketplace for trading of residential energy efficiency projects using standardised units of savings on building efficiency projects.
InvestorConfidenceProject is an Environmental Defense Fund project to define the roadmap from retrofit to investor ready energy efficiency projects for commercial properties. MattGolden is CEO of Open Energy Efficiency and drives the Environmental Defense Fund’s Investor Confidence Project.
OpenEEMeter: http://www.openeemeter.org/
Investor Confidence Project: http://www.eeperformance.org/
Matt is CEO of Open Energy Efficiency and is both an entrepreneur and policy advocate, committed to bringing energy efficiency in the built environment to scale as a demand-side resource.
Matt drives the Environmental Defense Fund’s Investor Confidence Project, which develops credentialed commercial energy efficiency projects as an asset class to reduce transaction costs, and develop actuarial data to unlock capital markets. He also has lead projects for the US Department of Energy, Pacific Gas and Electric, and a range of solar, finance, and software clients.
As founder of RecurveInc., Matt helped create the first tablet based energy auditing and cloud simulation software for the residential energy efficiency industry based on his real world experience gained as a licensed CA contractor, and as the first BPI Accredited contractor on the West Coast, having conducted energy audits and energy retrofits for thousands homeowners. Recurve was a venture funded through investments from RockportVenturePartners, Shasta Ventures, and the Lowes Companies and was acquired by Tendril Networks in 2012.
Matt is a national leader in the energy efficiency industry and was instrumental in forming EfficiencyFirst, the national trade association for the home retrofitting industry, representing over 1,300 contractors and manufacturers in all fifty states. In addition to Efficiency First, Matt either serves or previously served on a number of national and state nonprofit boards, including the BuildingPerformanceInstitute (BPI), Affordable Comfort Institute, National Home Performance Council, and the California Building Performance ContractorsAssociation (CBPCA).
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OpenEnergy EfficiencyMeter is a blockchain based energy efficiency marketplace for trading of residential energy efficiency projects using standardised units of savings on building efficiency projects.
InvestorConfidenceProject is an Environmental Defense Fund project to define the roadmap from retrofit to investor ready energy efficiency projects for commercial properties. MattGolden is CEO of Open Energy Efficiency and drives the Environmental Defense Fund’s Investor Confidence Project.
OpenEEMeter: http://www.openeemeter.org/
Investor Confidence Project: http://www.eeperformance.org/
Matt is CEO of Open Energy Efficiency and is both an entrepreneur and policy advocate, committed to bringing energy efficiency in the built environment to scale as a demand-side resource.
Matt drives the Environmental Defense Fund’s Investor Confidence Project, which develops credentialed commercial energy efficiency projects as an asset class to reduce transaction costs, and develop actuarial data to unlock capital markets. He also has lead projects for the US Department of Energy, Pacific Gas and Electric, and a range of solar, finance, and software clients.
As founder of RecurveInc., Matt helped create the first tablet based energy auditing and cloud simulation software for the residential energy efficiency industry based on his real world experience gained as a licensed CA contractor, and as the first BPI Accredited contractor on the West Coast, having conducted energy audits and energy retrofits for thousands homeowners. Recurve was a venture funded through investments from RockportVenturePartners, Shasta Ventures, and the Lowes Companies and was acquired by Tendril Networks in 2012.
Matt is a national leader in the energy efficiency industry and was instrumental in forming EfficiencyFirst, the national trade association for the home retrofitting industry, representing over 1,300 contractors and manufacturers in all fifty states. In addition to Efficiency First, Matt either serves or previously served on a number of national and state nonprofit boards, including the BuildingPerformanceInstitute (BPI), Affordable Comfort Institute, National Home Performance Council, and the California Building Performance ContractorsAssociation (CBPCA).
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Reimagining Consumer Identity with Blockchain

SecureKey CIOAndre Boysen discusses the challenges consumers are facing with their digital identity, and shares a demo on how IBMBlockchain and SecureKey are ...

SecureKey CIOAndre Boysen discusses the challenges consumers are facing with their digital identity, and shares a demo on how IBMBlockchain and SecureKey are working to provide efficiency, privacy and security.
To learn more about IBM Blockchain identity solutions, visit: https://www.ibm.com/blockchain/identity/
LINKS
What is Blockchain?: https://ibm.co/2B435Xv
Learn More About IBM Blockchain Platform: https://ibm.co/2zTFKKh

SecureKey CIOAndre Boysen discusses the challenges consumers are facing with their digital identity, and shares a demo on how IBMBlockchain and SecureKey are working to provide efficiency, privacy and security.
To learn more about IBM Blockchain identity solutions, visit: https://www.ibm.com/blockchain/identity/
LINKS
What is Blockchain?: https://ibm.co/2B435Xv
Learn More About IBM Blockchain Platform: https://ibm.co/2zTFKKh

The Blockchain: A Revolution You Need to Understand

The promise of Bitcoin has been overshadowed by its underlying technology, the blockchain. There is great interest from traditional financial firms, which, sadd...

The promise of Bitcoin has been overshadowed by its underlying technology, the blockchain. There is great interest from traditional financial firms, which, saddled with decades-old payment infrastructures, are eager to adapt to the digital realities and improve the efficiency, speed and transparency of transactions. Efforts are underway at the national and international levels to study and monitor the blockchain, and a consortium of large international banks is collaborating on how to bring Bitcoin's technology to bear in the financial marketplace. How can this technology deliver for the financial services industry? Can we expect to see widespread use of these new systems in the near future and, if so, how will they change finance? Are we likely to see movement toward private rather than public blockchains, and how will this affect transparency and security?
ModeratorMarcHochstein, Editor-in-Chief, American Banker
Speakers
BrianForde, Director, Digital Currency, MIT Media LabJalak Jobanputra, Founding Partner, FuturePerfect VenturesLeanneKemp, Founder and CEO, Everledger
Margaret Liu, Senior Vice President and DeputyGeneral Counsel, Conference of State Bank Supervisors
Steve Wager, Executive Vice President, Operations and Development, itBit

The promise of Bitcoin has been overshadowed by its underlying technology, the blockchain. There is great interest from traditional financial firms, which, saddled with decades-old payment infrastructures, are eager to adapt to the digital realities and improve the efficiency, speed and transparency of transactions. Efforts are underway at the national and international levels to study and monitor the blockchain, and a consortium of large international banks is collaborating on how to bring Bitcoin's technology to bear in the financial marketplace. How can this technology deliver for the financial services industry? Can we expect to see widespread use of these new systems in the near future and, if so, how will they change finance? Are we likely to see movement toward private rather than public blockchains, and how will this affect transparency and security?
ModeratorMarcHochstein, Editor-in-Chief, American Banker
Speakers
BrianForde, Director, Digital Currency, MIT Media LabJalak Jobanputra, Founding Partner, FuturePerfect VenturesLeanneKemp, Founder and CEO, Everledger
Margaret Liu, Senior Vice President and DeputyGeneral Counsel, Conference of State Bank Supervisors
Steve Wager, Executive Vice President, Operations and Development, itBit

Bitcoin’s underlying protocol, called “the blockchain”, is a distributed consensus-driven infrastructure enabling trust between connected assets. While currently considered only a financial tool, the blockchain’s actual capability is extremely broad. Just as advances in TCP/IP created vast opportunities for the internet, the blockchain is enabling us to rethink the basic infrastructure of how energy is distributed, accounted for and secured.
**BonusDemo:** Be sure to watch at the end of this talk, as a Bitcoin transfer from Cambridge in real time buys electricity for a small school in South Africa.

Bitcoin’s underlying protocol, called “the blockchain”, is a distributed consensus-driven infrastructure enabling trust between connected assets. While currently considered only a financial tool, the blockchain’s actual capability is extremely broad. Just as advances in TCP/IP created vast opportunities for the internet, the blockchain is enabling us to rethink the basic infrastructure of how energy is distributed, accounted for and secured.
**BonusDemo:** Be sure to watch at the end of this talk, as a Bitcoin transfer from Cambridge in real time buys electricity for a small school in South Africa.

Watch our first interview with Leemon Baird here: https://youtu.be/Sg-0Dgxc0io
Video from our Hashgraph event is located here: https://youtu.be/ole2WuwNLL4
On this video episode of Hidden Forces, host Demetri Kofinas interviews Leemon Baird, the inventor of Hashgraph, a new, distributed ledger technology poised to disrupt the entire ecosystem of blockchain-based applications and cryptocurrencies.
Leemon Baird is the Co-founder and CTO of Swirlds Inc. With over 20 years of technology and startup experience, he has held positions as a Professor of Computer Science at the Air Force Academy, Adjunct Professor at multiple other prestigious universities, and as a senior scientist in several labs. He has been the co-founder of several startups, including two identity-related starts-ups with successful exits. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University faster than any student in school history (2 years, 9 months), has multiple patents and over 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals on computer security, machine learning, and mathematics. He regularly keynotes on these topics at conferences.
Hashgraph is a revolutionary new distributed ledger technology with patented properties which purport to make it superior to the blockchain in every way -- i.e., unlike blockchain, it is fast/high throughput (300,000+ transactions per second pre sharding), fair (mathematically proven fairness with consensus timestamping) and secure (asynchronous Byzantine fault tolerant). Leemon Baird claims that these properties expand decentralized use cases to complex markets, auctions, crypto-currency micropayments, live games (even MMOs), and much more.
This is Demetri Kofinas’ second time interviewing Leemon Baird, and his third time covering Hashgraph. The first time was on Episode 22 of the Hidden Forces podcast. Demetri also hosted a panel with CEO of Swirlds, ManceHarmon, at the Assemblage in NYC in mid-October 2017.
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Watch our first interview with Leemon Baird here: https://youtu.be/Sg-0Dgxc0io
Video from our Hashgraph event is located here: https://youtu.be/ole2WuwNLL4
On this video episode of Hidden Forces, host Demetri Kofinas interviews Leemon Baird, the inventor of Hashgraph, a new, distributed ledger technology poised to disrupt the entire ecosystem of blockchain-based applications and cryptocurrencies.
Leemon Baird is the Co-founder and CTO of Swirlds Inc. With over 20 years of technology and startup experience, he has held positions as a Professor of Computer Science at the Air Force Academy, Adjunct Professor at multiple other prestigious universities, and as a senior scientist in several labs. He has been the co-founder of several startups, including two identity-related starts-ups with successful exits. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University faster than any student in school history (2 years, 9 months), has multiple patents and over 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals on computer security, machine learning, and mathematics. He regularly keynotes on these topics at conferences.
Hashgraph is a revolutionary new distributed ledger technology with patented properties which purport to make it superior to the blockchain in every way -- i.e., unlike blockchain, it is fast/high throughput (300,000+ transactions per second pre sharding), fair (mathematically proven fairness with consensus timestamping) and secure (asynchronous Byzantine fault tolerant). Leemon Baird claims that these properties expand decentralized use cases to complex markets, auctions, crypto-currency micropayments, live games (even MMOs), and much more.
This is Demetri Kofinas’ second time interviewing Leemon Baird, and his third time covering Hashgraph. The first time was on Episode 22 of the Hidden Forces podcast. Demetri also hosted a panel with CEO of Swirlds, ManceHarmon, at the Assemblage in NYC in mid-October 2017.
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https://iohk.io/research/papers/a-pro...Mathematicians with a curiosity about the algorithms behind blockchain came to hear Aggelos Kiayias speak at Oxford university’s Mathematical Institute on Wednesday. Professor Kiayias, Chief Scientist at IOHK, had been invited to the university to give a talk on his work on Ouroboros, a provably secure Proof-of-Stake algorithm for blockchain. It the first time such a cryptographic protocol has been devised and is significant because its use would enable blockchains to process many more transactions, giving the technology the muscle that would scale it up for far wider use than at present. “Bitcoin is slow,” he said in the presentation, in an outline of the problem. “The transactions per second of Visa are in the order of many thousands, for Paypal in the order of hundreds, and Bitcoin is far less than that – clearly that’s something that can’t scale to a global level.” In addition to the much greater efficiency of Ouroboros, Prof Kiayias explained a novel reward mechanism for incentivising the protocol and used game theory to show why attacks such as selfish mining and block withholding would be neutralised. A Nash equilibrium is a prescription of a strategy for each rational player, with the property that if other players follow it, it does not make sense for a rational player to deviate from it. Prof Kiayias described how Ouroboros can be proven to be an approximate Nash equilibrium, thus distinguishing this blockchain system from Bitcoin, which is known to be not incentive compatible. The Ouroboros paper was first published last December with Alexander Russel, Bernardo David and Roman Oliynykov and Prof Kiayias presented the work at the Alan Turing Institute in London last year. Bernardo David on PoS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5sCs... Bernardo David presenting PoS in detail at IOHK's Tokyo tech lab: https://youtu.be/hMgxZOsTlQc Among the audience was Hayyu Imanda, whose desire to specialise in cryptography for her PhD studies brought her to hear the presentation. The 22-year-old is currently in a class of 26 students at Oxford university studying for an MSc in Mathematics and Foundations of Computer Science. “I come from a pure maths background and I find cryptography very interesting, in that it was relatively recently founded and there is so much research happening,” she says. “I see it as a bridge from pure maths into real life, with many uses in terms of security, and it’s going to be a growing field.” More images from the event here: https://iohk.io/blog/a-proof-of-stake... -- https://iohk.io/team/aggelos-kiayias/ Prof Aggelos Kiayias is the Chair in Cyber Security and Privacy at the University of Edinburgh. His research interests are in computer security, information security, applied cryptography and foundations of cryptography with a particular emphasis in blockchain technologies and distributed systems, e-voting and secure multiparty protocols as well as privacy and identity management. He joins IOHK as chief scientist through a long-term consulting agreement between IOHK and the University of Edinburgh, UK, where he is based and continues to do research and teach courses in cyber security and cryptography. Prof Kiayias is also Professor in Residence (gratis) at the University of Connecticut, USA, and Associate Professor of Cryptography and Security (on leave) at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. Prof Kiayias’s cyber security research over the years has been funded by the Horizon 2020 programme (EU), the European Research Council (EU), the GeneralSecretariat for Research and Technology (Greece), the National Science Foundation (USA), the Department of Homeland Security (USA), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA). He has received an ERC Starting Grant, a Marie Curie fellowship, an NSFCareerAward, and a Fulbright Fellowship. He holds a Ph.D. from the City University of New York and he is a graduate of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Athens. He has more than 100 publications in journals and conference proceedings in the area. He currently serves as the program chair of the Financial Cryptography and Data Security 2017 conference. -- InputOutput See more at: https://iohk.io Get our latest news updates: https://iohk.io/blog/ Meet the team: https://iohk.io/team/

https://iohk.io/research/papers/a-pro...Mathematicians with a curiosity about the algorithms behind blockchain came to hear Aggelos Kiayias speak at Oxford university’s Mathematical Institute on Wednesday. Professor Kiayias, Chief Scientist at IOHK, had been invited to the university to give a talk on his work on Ouroboros, a provably secure Proof-of-Stake algorithm for blockchain. It the first time such a cryptographic protocol has been devised and is significant because its use would enable blockchains to process many more transactions, giving the technology the muscle that would scale it up for far wider use than at present. “Bitcoin is slow,” he said in the presentation, in an outline of the problem. “The transactions per second of Visa are in the order of many thousands, for Paypal in the order of hundreds, and Bitcoin is far less than that – clearly that’s something that can’t scale to a global level.” In addition to the much greater efficiency of Ouroboros, Prof Kiayias explained a novel reward mechanism for incentivising the protocol and used game theory to show why attacks such as selfish mining and block withholding would be neutralised. A Nash equilibrium is a prescription of a strategy for each rational player, with the property that if other players follow it, it does not make sense for a rational player to deviate from it. Prof Kiayias described how Ouroboros can be proven to be an approximate Nash equilibrium, thus distinguishing this blockchain system from Bitcoin, which is known to be not incentive compatible. The Ouroboros paper was first published last December with Alexander Russel, Bernardo David and Roman Oliynykov and Prof Kiayias presented the work at the Alan Turing Institute in London last year. Bernardo David on PoS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5sCs... Bernardo David presenting PoS in detail at IOHK's Tokyo tech lab: https://youtu.be/hMgxZOsTlQc Among the audience was Hayyu Imanda, whose desire to specialise in cryptography for her PhD studies brought her to hear the presentation. The 22-year-old is currently in a class of 26 students at Oxford university studying for an MSc in Mathematics and Foundations of Computer Science. “I come from a pure maths background and I find cryptography very interesting, in that it was relatively recently founded and there is so much research happening,” she says. “I see it as a bridge from pure maths into real life, with many uses in terms of security, and it’s going to be a growing field.” More images from the event here: https://iohk.io/blog/a-proof-of-stake... -- https://iohk.io/team/aggelos-kiayias/ Prof Aggelos Kiayias is the Chair in Cyber Security and Privacy at the University of Edinburgh. His research interests are in computer security, information security, applied cryptography and foundations of cryptography with a particular emphasis in blockchain technologies and distributed systems, e-voting and secure multiparty protocols as well as privacy and identity management. He joins IOHK as chief scientist through a long-term consulting agreement between IOHK and the University of Edinburgh, UK, where he is based and continues to do research and teach courses in cyber security and cryptography. Prof Kiayias is also Professor in Residence (gratis) at the University of Connecticut, USA, and Associate Professor of Cryptography and Security (on leave) at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. Prof Kiayias’s cyber security research over the years has been funded by the Horizon 2020 programme (EU), the European Research Council (EU), the GeneralSecretariat for Research and Technology (Greece), the National Science Foundation (USA), the Department of Homeland Security (USA), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA). He has received an ERC Starting Grant, a Marie Curie fellowship, an NSFCareerAward, and a Fulbright Fellowship. He holds a Ph.D. from the City University of New York and he is a graduate of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Athens. He has more than 100 publications in journals and conference proceedings in the area. He currently serves as the program chair of the Financial Cryptography and Data Security 2017 conference. -- InputOutput See more at: https://iohk.io Get our latest news updates: https://iohk.io/blog/ Meet the team: https://iohk.io/team/

In this talk "Blockchain vs. Bullshit - Thoughts on the Future of Money," Andreas outlines the necessary criteria that will help you distinguish blockchains from bullshit, and why the goal of developing this technology should not be "banking the unbanked" but rather de-banking all of us.
This keynote talk took place at the Blockchain AfricaConference on March 2nd 2017 at the FocusRooms in Johannesburg, South Africa: http://blockchainafrica.co/speakers/andreas-m-antonopoulos/
TOPICS:
The hype and empty promises around "blockchain" 2:30
Reconsidering info security, research in applied cryptography 4:45
Blockchains vs. databases 7:13
The essence of Bitcoin: revolutionizing trust 8:33
Open blockchains are the only ones that matter 10:24
Censorship resistance and other important characteristics 13:12
Criteria: blockchain or bullshit? 14:05
Fundamentally changing the allocation of trust 15:45
Permissioned "distributed ledgers" are boring & insecure 16:43
HeyWall Street, Anonymous is coming for your keys 21:48
Promising opportunities, solving the unsolvable problems 23:06
The 3 elements to success in this industry 24:50
The necessary steps to mature out of infancy 27:44
QUESTION & ANSWER:
Hot vs. cold wallets - https://youtu.be/Aji_E9sw0AE
The revolution in trust - https://youtu.be/iWfpxB3HZOY
RELATED:
Blockchain for Beginners - https://youtu.be/i9nUMvpT2rM
How to get people to care about security - https://youtu.be/Ji1lS9NMz1E
Welcome to TrustNet - https://youtu.be/Rrj8sjHJthU
Hardware, Software, Trustware - https://youtu.be/Etyjc1JdmFU
Initial coin offerings (ICOs) - https://youtu.be/Q5R8KuxV4A0
What are the most exciting recent developments? - https://youtu.be/bCG5og_LwZY
Trust, promise of value, and intrinsic utility - https://youtu.be/Cxc9ybot9oM
The oxymoron of national blockchains - https://youtu.be/qSIBFBq9tRs
Private chains misunderstand the fundamental value of blockchains - https://youtu.be/haKVaGHKQJM
Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and well-respected figures in bitcoin.
Follow on Twitter: @aantonop https://twitter.com/aantonop
Website: https://antonopoulos.com/
He is the author of two books: “Mastering Bitcoin,” published by O’Reilly Media and considered the best technical guide to bitcoin; “The Internet of Money,” a book about why bitcoin matters.
THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Internet-Money-collection-Andreas-Antonopoulos/dp/1537000454/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
MASTERING BITCOIN: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-Bitcoin-Unlocking-Digital-Cryptocurrencies/dp/1449374042
Subscribe to the channel to learn more about Bitcoin & open blockchains!
If you want early-access to talks and a chance to participate in a monthly LIVEQ&A with Andreas, become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/aantonop
OutroMusic: "Unbounded" by Orfan (https://www.facebook.com/Orfan/)
Outro Graphics: Phneep (http://www.phneep.com/)
Outro Art: Rock Barcellos (http://www.rockincomics.com.br/)

In this talk "Blockchain vs. Bullshit - Thoughts on the Future of Money," Andreas outlines the necessary criteria that will help you distinguish blockchains from bullshit, and why the goal of developing this technology should not be "banking the unbanked" but rather de-banking all of us.
This keynote talk took place at the Blockchain AfricaConference on March 2nd 2017 at the FocusRooms in Johannesburg, South Africa: http://blockchainafrica.co/speakers/andreas-m-antonopoulos/
TOPICS:
The hype and empty promises around "blockchain" 2:30
Reconsidering info security, research in applied cryptography 4:45
Blockchains vs. databases 7:13
The essence of Bitcoin: revolutionizing trust 8:33
Open blockchains are the only ones that matter 10:24
Censorship resistance and other important characteristics 13:12
Criteria: blockchain or bullshit? 14:05
Fundamentally changing the allocation of trust 15:45
Permissioned "distributed ledgers" are boring & insecure 16:43
HeyWall Street, Anonymous is coming for your keys 21:48
Promising opportunities, solving the unsolvable problems 23:06
The 3 elements to success in this industry 24:50
The necessary steps to mature out of infancy 27:44
QUESTION & ANSWER:
Hot vs. cold wallets - https://youtu.be/Aji_E9sw0AE
The revolution in trust - https://youtu.be/iWfpxB3HZOY
RELATED:
Blockchain for Beginners - https://youtu.be/i9nUMvpT2rM
How to get people to care about security - https://youtu.be/Ji1lS9NMz1E
Welcome to TrustNet - https://youtu.be/Rrj8sjHJthU
Hardware, Software, Trustware - https://youtu.be/Etyjc1JdmFU
Initial coin offerings (ICOs) - https://youtu.be/Q5R8KuxV4A0
What are the most exciting recent developments? - https://youtu.be/bCG5og_LwZY
Trust, promise of value, and intrinsic utility - https://youtu.be/Cxc9ybot9oM
The oxymoron of national blockchains - https://youtu.be/qSIBFBq9tRs
Private chains misunderstand the fundamental value of blockchains - https://youtu.be/haKVaGHKQJM
Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and well-respected figures in bitcoin.
Follow on Twitter: @aantonop https://twitter.com/aantonop
Website: https://antonopoulos.com/
He is the author of two books: “Mastering Bitcoin,” published by O’Reilly Media and considered the best technical guide to bitcoin; “The Internet of Money,” a book about why bitcoin matters.
THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Internet-Money-collection-Andreas-Antonopoulos/dp/1537000454/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
MASTERING BITCOIN: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-Bitcoin-Unlocking-Digital-Cryptocurrencies/dp/1449374042
Subscribe to the channel to learn more about Bitcoin & open blockchains!
If you want early-access to talks and a chance to participate in a monthly LIVEQ&A with Andreas, become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/aantonop
OutroMusic: "Unbounded" by Orfan (https://www.facebook.com/Orfan/)
Outro Graphics: Phneep (http://www.phneep.com/)
Outro Art: Rock Barcellos (http://www.rockincomics.com.br/)

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Permissionable blockchains have gained much attention from ente...

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Permissionable blockchains have gained much attention from enterprise this past year, and specifically, the traditional fiance and FinTech sectors. As new protocols emerge and the technology is matures, it is becoming apparent they are simply a new class of database, one which integrates business logic (smart contracts) and a consensus layer (PoS, PoW, etc).
Casey Kuhlman is the CEO of Eris Industries, a company which specialises in building permissioned blockchain systems for enterprise. Their aim is to deliver the technologies which enable companies to easily build and deploy applications which make use of blockchain and smart contract technologies.
Topics we discussed include:
- Casey’s impressive background as an engineer, Marine soldier, lawyer and startup founder
- Eris Industries and what the company is trying to achieve
- Permissionable blockchains and their usefulness in industrial applications
- Smart contracts, how to explain them and legal status
- How blockchains can be used to revolutionize the way organizations construct business processes
- The idea of Blockchains-as-a-Service
- The various use cases for blockchain technologies
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Eris Industries: https://erisindustries.com/
- 2Gather: https://github.com/eris-ltd/2gather
Sponsors:
- Hide.me: Protect your privacy and personal data with a free VPN account at Hide.me/epicenter
Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/podcast/112
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Permissionable blockchains have gained much attention from enterprise this past year, and specifically, the traditional fiance and FinTech sectors. As new protocols emerge and the technology is matures, it is becoming apparent they are simply a new class of database, one which integrates business logic (smart contracts) and a consensus layer (PoS, PoW, etc).
Casey Kuhlman is the CEO of Eris Industries, a company which specialises in building permissioned blockchain systems for enterprise. Their aim is to deliver the technologies which enable companies to easily build and deploy applications which make use of blockchain and smart contract technologies.
Topics we discussed include:
- Casey’s impressive background as an engineer, Marine soldier, lawyer and startup founder
- Eris Industries and what the company is trying to achieve
- Permissionable blockchains and their usefulness in industrial applications
- Smart contracts, how to explain them and legal status
- How blockchains can be used to revolutionize the way organizations construct business processes
- The idea of Blockchains-as-a-Service
- The various use cases for blockchain technologies
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Eris Industries: https://erisindustries.com/
- 2Gather: https://github.com/eris-ltd/2gather
Sponsors:
- Hide.me: Protect your privacy and personal data with a free VPN account at Hide.me/epicenter
Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/podcast/112
SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/epicenterbitcoi...
Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by BrianFabian Crain, Sébastien Couture & Meher Roy.
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The Microsoft vision for Blockchain - BRK2177

Blockchain is emerging as a topic of interest in our conversations with business leaders. A growing number of enterprises are experimenting with the technology ...

Blockchain is emerging as a topic of interest in our conversations with business leaders. A growing number of enterprises are experimenting with the technology as a secure and transparent way to digitally track the ownership of assets across trust boundaries, opening new opportunities for cross-organizational collaboration and imaginative new business models. Microsoft’s vision is to help companies thrive in this era of secure multi-party computation, delivering open, scalable platforms and services that any company, from ledger startups to governments, health organizations to global banks, can use to create new value.

Blockchain is emerging as a topic of interest in our conversations with business leaders. A growing number of enterprises are experimenting with the technology as a secure and transparent way to digitally track the ownership of assets across trust boundaries, opening new opportunities for cross-organizational collaboration and imaginative new business models. Microsoft’s vision is to help companies thrive in this era of secure multi-party computation, delivering open, scalable platforms and services that any company, from ledger startups to governments, health organizations to global banks, can use to create new value.

Digital Transformation and Blockchain

Digital Transformation is all about looking at your business models and industries in fundamentally new ways of operating at higher levels of innovation in orde...

Digital Transformation is all about looking at your business models and industries in fundamentally new ways of operating at higher levels of innovation in order to provide better business value for customers while lowering TCO. Whether you are born digital or analog, an effective DT strategy is essential to remain competitive in this new era of business, by using Multi-Speed IT architectures and the latest technologies enabling businesses to do more, thereby providing a better experience to partners and customers.
Blockchain is such a revolutionary technology and in this webinar, we'll explore the fundamentals of Blockchain, how IBM Blockchain works on IBM's DigitalInnovationPlatform: Bluemix and how it has the potential to increase trust, transparency, and efficiency in your business or industry.

Digital Transformation is all about looking at your business models and industries in fundamentally new ways of operating at higher levels of innovation in order to provide better business value for customers while lowering TCO. Whether you are born digital or analog, an effective DT strategy is essential to remain competitive in this new era of business, by using Multi-Speed IT architectures and the latest technologies enabling businesses to do more, thereby providing a better experience to partners and customers.
Blockchain is such a revolutionary technology and in this webinar, we'll explore the fundamentals of Blockchain, how IBM Blockchain works on IBM's DigitalInnovationPlatform: Bluemix and how it has the potential to increase trust, transparency, and efficiency in your business or industry.

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EB84 – Tim Swanson: Permissioned Ledgers And The Case For Blockchains Without Bitcoin

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One topic that is guaranteed to cause heated discussion among c...

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One topic that is guaranteed to cause heated discussion among cryptocurrency enthusiasts is the idea that blockchains can be controlled by known validators and function without an underlying cryptocurrency. Some think this is a non-sensical idea fabricated by those spineless enough to want to appease regulators and but clueless enough to miss the whole point of cryptocurrencies. But others believe that Bitcoin is unsuited for a lof of 'Bitcoin 2.0' applications and that permissioned ledgers have wide-reaching potential to increase efficiency and transparency.
Tim Swanson joined us for an important discussion of permissioned ledgers. He's among their best-known proponents and has recently published a whitepaper discussing how they work and looking at different startups in the space.
Topics covered included:
- Why the 'blockchains without bitcoin' idea is so controversial
- Why it is strange that KYC is done widely on Bitcoin users but not on the validators
- Why even semi-decentralized blockchains can provide big efficiency gains
- Why the 51% attack possibility is an obstacle for the use of Bitcoin as a settlement network
- Why financial institutions don't care about censorship resistance but do care about irreversibility
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Tim Swanson: Permissioned Distributed Ledgers Whitepaper http://bit.ly/1QLDrMn
- Tim Swanson: Needing a Token to Operate a Distributed Ledger is a Red Herring: http://bit.ly/1JdB94z
- RobertSams: No, Bitcoin is not the future of securities settlement http://bit.ly/1eCRz9P
- JP Koning: Why bitcoin has failed to achieve liftoff as a medium of exchange http://bit.ly/1GhoxmQ
Sponsors:
- Shapeshift: Buy and sell alt coins instantly at http://ShapeShift.io
- Vaultoro: Trade gold to Bitcoin instantly and securely starting at just 1mg at http://vaultoro.com
Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/podcast/084
SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/epicenterbitcoin/eb-084
Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by BrianFabian Crain & Sébastien Couture.
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One topic that is guaranteed to cause heated discussion among cryptocurrency enthusiasts is the idea that blockchains can be controlled by known validators and function without an underlying cryptocurrency. Some think this is a non-sensical idea fabricated by those spineless enough to want to appease regulators and but clueless enough to miss the whole point of cryptocurrencies. But others believe that Bitcoin is unsuited for a lof of 'Bitcoin 2.0' applications and that permissioned ledgers have wide-reaching potential to increase efficiency and transparency.
Tim Swanson joined us for an important discussion of permissioned ledgers. He's among their best-known proponents and has recently published a whitepaper discussing how they work and looking at different startups in the space.
Topics covered included:
- Why the 'blockchains without bitcoin' idea is so controversial
- Why it is strange that KYC is done widely on Bitcoin users but not on the validators
- Why even semi-decentralized blockchains can provide big efficiency gains
- Why the 51% attack possibility is an obstacle for the use of Bitcoin as a settlement network
- Why financial institutions don't care about censorship resistance but do care about irreversibility
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Tim Swanson: Permissioned Distributed Ledgers Whitepaper http://bit.ly/1QLDrMn
- Tim Swanson: Needing a Token to Operate a Distributed Ledger is a Red Herring: http://bit.ly/1JdB94z
- RobertSams: No, Bitcoin is not the future of securities settlement http://bit.ly/1eCRz9P
- JP Koning: Why bitcoin has failed to achieve liftoff as a medium of exchange http://bit.ly/1GhoxmQ
Sponsors:
- Shapeshift: Buy and sell alt coins instantly at http://ShapeShift.io
- Vaultoro: Trade gold to Bitcoin instantly and securely starting at just 1mg at http://vaultoro.com
Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/podcast/084
SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/epicenterbitcoin/eb-084
Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by BrianFabian Crain & Sébastien Couture.
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SDS|2016: Paulina Figol on What does blockchain mean for Data Science?

Abstract. The presentation entails the implications of using blockchain in data science. This technology is a distributed database and is fundamentally a new pa...

Abstract. The presentation entails the implications of using blockchain in data science. This technology is a distributed database and is fundamentally a new paradigm for organizing any kind of transactional activity - cheaper, with more efficiency and at much greater scale. The 2015World Economic Forum underlined the concept as one of the six future megatrends for the next decade.
The technology’s intelligence layer, initially designed for Bitcoin transactions, applies advanced machine learning and distributed systems to cryptographic platforms. This facilitates various types of transactions within enterprises, such as financial services or banks, to make smart and quick real time decisions, while maintaining data privacy and trust. A case study of a commercial blockchain version of Uber application will be presented to visualize the concept and to provide analytical insight.
The main implication for data science is Big Data predictive task automation that allows tracking and automated administration of all classes of transactions. Also, emergence of consensus data – data with confirmed quality, accuracy and trust value – will allow time reduction for data profiling activity.
These will not become reality unless governments and businesses adapt quickly to new tools and platforms, such as adopting the blockchain to create new taxation mechanisms or overcoming technical challenges. The most relevant in terms of data science will be: a limitation of 7 transactions per second, block size and countering vulnerability to 51 percent mining attacks.
In summary, the presentation will underline blockchain’s importance in data science along with its potential strengths and adoption challenges. It will provide an analytical insight of the technology, considered as a future IT infrastructural element for both businesses and governments.

Abstract. The presentation entails the implications of using blockchain in data science. This technology is a distributed database and is fundamentally a new paradigm for organizing any kind of transactional activity - cheaper, with more efficiency and at much greater scale. The 2015World Economic Forum underlined the concept as one of the six future megatrends for the next decade.
The technology’s intelligence layer, initially designed for Bitcoin transactions, applies advanced machine learning and distributed systems to cryptographic platforms. This facilitates various types of transactions within enterprises, such as financial services or banks, to make smart and quick real time decisions, while maintaining data privacy and trust. A case study of a commercial blockchain version of Uber application will be presented to visualize the concept and to provide analytical insight.
The main implication for data science is Big Data predictive task automation that allows tracking and automated administration of all classes of transactions. Also, emergence of consensus data – data with confirmed quality, accuracy and trust value – will allow time reduction for data profiling activity.
These will not become reality unless governments and businesses adapt quickly to new tools and platforms, such as adopting the blockchain to create new taxation mechanisms or overcoming technical challenges. The most relevant in terms of data science will be: a limitation of 7 transactions per second, block size and countering vulnerability to 51 percent mining attacks.
In summary, the presentation will underline blockchain’s importance in data science along with its potential strengths and adoption challenges. It will provide an analytical insight of the technology, considered as a future IT infrastructural element for both businesses and governments.

Panel Discussion Day One

BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES:
1. WHAT ARE THE CURRENT ISSUES/PAIN POINTS INDUSTRIES ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS BY USING BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY?
SecurityTran...

BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES:
1. WHAT ARE THE CURRENT ISSUES/PAIN POINTS INDUSTRIES ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS BY USING BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY?
SecurityTransparencyEfficiency
Cost
2. WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES, PARTICULARLY IN AFRICA, FOR FUTURE USE CASES OF BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY?
BlockchainFinance: digital currencies: payments, remittances, clearing and settlement, trade finance and capital markets
Blockchain Property: smart property: allows ownership of physical and non-physical property to be verified, programmable and trade-able on the blockchain
Blockchain Law: smart contracts: programmable and self-executing contracts
Blockchain Identity: identity verification, authorisation and management
What is the difference between public and private blockchains, and what are the benefits of each?
What are the differences between Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple and Hyperledger, and which companies are using these?
Panelists:
Andreas M. .Antonopoulos
Gavin WellsLlew Claasen
AstridLudwin (replacing MonicaSinger)

BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES:
1. WHAT ARE THE CURRENT ISSUES/PAIN POINTS INDUSTRIES ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS BY USING BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY?
SecurityTransparencyEfficiency
Cost
2. WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES, PARTICULARLY IN AFRICA, FOR FUTURE USE CASES OF BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY?
BlockchainFinance: digital currencies: payments, remittances, clearing and settlement, trade finance and capital markets
Blockchain Property: smart property: allows ownership of physical and non-physical property to be verified, programmable and trade-able on the blockchain
Blockchain Law: smart contracts: programmable and self-executing contracts
Blockchain Identity: identity verification, authorisation and management
What is the difference between public and private blockchains, and what are the benefits of each?
What are the differences between Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple and Hyperledger, and which companies are using these?
Panelists:
Andreas M. .Antonopoulos
Gavin WellsLlew Claasen
AstridLudwin (replacing MonicaSinger)

Speakers:
Claire Balva- BlockchainFrance
Philippe Dewost- Caisse des dépôtsVincent Fily- MicrosoftArno Laeven- PhilipsModerator:
Benjamin Tincq- OuiShare
The Internet has enabled decentralized exchange of information, but until know, any exchange of value had to rely on a trusted third party, even in the digital economy. With Blockchain Tech, even transactions can be managed in a completely distributed fashion, removing the need for any intermediary at all: it is "the Ultimate Uberization". Does this mean corporations will eventually disappear, or morph into blockchain-based DAOs - "Decentralized Autonomous Organizations" ? Or in the contrary, will the transparency and efficiency of blockchain technology open a whole range of possibilities for businesses to reinvent their industry, hopefully for the better?
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Philippe Dewost- Caisse des dépôtsVincent Fily- MicrosoftArno Laeven- PhilipsModerator:
Benjamin Tincq- OuiShare
The Internet has enabled decentralized exchange of information, but until know, any exchange of value had to rely on a trusted third party, even in the digital economy. With Blockchain Tech, even transactions can be managed in a completely distributed fashion, removing the need for any intermediary at all: it is "the Ultimate Uberization". Does this mean corporations will eventually disappear, or morph into blockchain-based DAOs - "Decentralized Autonomous Organizations" ? Or in the contrary, will the transparency and efficiency of blockchain technology open a whole range of possibilities for businesses to reinvent their industry, hopefully for the better?
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Breakfast session: Building the blockchain--The promise and perils

Last year venture capitalists invested nearly $500 million in blockchain business, up from $2 million just three years earlier. They see huge potential for this...

Last year venture capitalists invested nearly $500 million in blockchain business, up from $2 million just three years earlier. They see huge potential for this technology to disrupt industries by improving security and trust whilst increasing efficiency and lowering costs. Yet what is the reality behind the excitement about the possibility that blockchain can bring revolutionary change to finance and the broader economy? Which of the many proof of concept projects currently in play will come to fruition?
In this session, leading players in the blockchain movement will analyse the potential applications for blockchain across a range of industries and innovations, including smart contracts, auditing and insurance, payment and settlement, anti-money laundering and reaching the unbanked. What will be the best opportunities for financial institutions who are warming up to the technology? More broadly, beyond finance, what are the most exciting applications for blockchain and are consumers willing to embrace yet another new technology?
Speakers:
Barry Silbert, Founder and chief executive, Digital Currency GroupMelanieSwan, Philosophy and economic theory, New School for Social ResearchBrad Peterson, Executive vice-president, chief technology officer, chief information officer, NasdaqEric Piscini, Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLPModerator:
Matthew Bishop, Senior editor, The Economist Group

Last year venture capitalists invested nearly $500 million in blockchain business, up from $2 million just three years earlier. They see huge potential for this technology to disrupt industries by improving security and trust whilst increasing efficiency and lowering costs. Yet what is the reality behind the excitement about the possibility that blockchain can bring revolutionary change to finance and the broader economy? Which of the many proof of concept projects currently in play will come to fruition?
In this session, leading players in the blockchain movement will analyse the potential applications for blockchain across a range of industries and innovations, including smart contracts, auditing and insurance, payment and settlement, anti-money laundering and reaching the unbanked. What will be the best opportunities for financial institutions who are warming up to the technology? More broadly, beyond finance, what are the most exciting applications for blockchain and are consumers willing to embrace yet another new technology?
Speakers:
Barry Silbert, Founder and chief executive, Digital Currency GroupMelanieSwan, Philosophy and economic theory, New School for Social ResearchBrad Peterson, Executive vice-president, chief technology officer, chief information officer, NasdaqEric Piscini, Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLPModerator:
Matthew Bishop, Senior editor, The Economist Group

Blockchain versus blockchain

There is growing recognition of the revolutionary potential of the blockchain technology, which first saw the light of day as the software underpinning bitcoin. The Economist has run a cover story describing its “distributed ledger”, which potentially renders all sorts of intermediaries redundant as the “great trust engine.” Yet even as there has been a surge in startups looking to build businesses using the bitcoin blockchain, there has been growing concern about the strength and efficiency of that blockchain, and various attempts to design alternative blockchains that are not connected to bitcoin. Some of these efforts have been led by incumbent financial firms, either individually or in consortiums, whilst there has been a growing number of partnerships between blockchain startups and incumbent financial firms.
Which blockchain, if any, will come out on top? Will partnership strategies play a big part in determining this? Will partnerships actually increase the spread and size of the benefits generated by adopting blockchain technology? Will billions of dollars of revenues currently generated through financial intermediation be wiped out by more efficient blockchain technology, benefiting consumers? And which types of intermediation are most at risk of creative destruction? Or will partnerships and/or acquisitions allow incumbents to become more efficient and profitable while protecting their traditional intermediary functions?
Speakers:
Michael Novogratz, Former president, Fortress Investment GroupTodd McDonald, Co-founder, R3
Jeremy Allaire, Founder, chairman and chief executive, CircleModerator: Matthew Bishop, Senior editor, The Economist Group

Australians have created a blockchain superior to Visa in efficiency

In Sydney was developed a technology that can process more transactions per second than the Visa payment system. Researchers of the University of Sydney said that their technology Red BellyBlockchain can handle more than 660 thousand transactions per second, which is ten times higher than the performance of the Visa payment system. According to the head of the research group Vincent Gramoli, over the past three months the effectiveness of the technology has exceeded all expectations. For the first time, the technology being developed became known in July this year. Then the researchers planned that the new blockchain would be able to process 440 thousand transactions per second. "The results confirm that our blockchain has achieved higher productivity than existing technologies used by financial institutions, including Visa," Gramoli states. "The next goal is to make the Red Belly Blockchain available to all Internet users." Note that the technology has already been tested in 14 countries, including the United States, Britain, Germany, Brazil and Japan.
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1:03

#AskDraghi: How can we harness blockchain technology to support the economy?

Blockchain is an innovative technology that could improve efficiency. We are assessing whe...

#AskDraghi: How can we harness blockchain technology to support the economy?

Blockchain is an innovative technology that could improve efficiency. We are assessing whether it could be used in our own services in the future. Concerning bitcoin and whether you should trust it, President Draghi advises caution, as it is not backed by any central bank or government, adding that it is not the ECB’s job to regulate it.

15:21

#EmTechFR | Blockchain to reinvent the Smart Energy Grid - John Lilic

John Lilic, Director for Enterprise Business Technology Development, Strategy and Operatio...

VitalHub's Rapid Growth and the Convergence of Healthcare Software and Blockchain Solutions

VitalHub Corp. (CVE:VHI) CEO Dan Matlow talks to James about his rapid growth and the convergence of blockchain into the healthcare space. Health-Care software, is a major growing business as a premium continues to be placed on efficiency. VitalHub is making strategic acquisitions as well as using blockchain solutions to keep records on the Hyperledger. Hyperledger is an umbrella project of open source blockchains and related tools, started in December 2015 by the Linux Foundation, to support the collaborative development of blockchain-based distributed ledgers. VitalHub's specific area of focus is on mental health and long-term care, and for a company that is only 1 year old, their revenues of $7 million shows the demand for these services are currently underserved in a substantial way.

14:58

How the blockchain will radically transform the economy | Bettina Warburg

Say hello to the decentralized economy -- the blockchain is about to change everything. In...

How the blockchain will radically transform the economy | Bettina Warburg

Say hello to the decentralized economy -- the blockchain is about to change everything. In this lucid explainer of the complex (and confusing) technology, Bettina Warburg describes how the blockchain will eliminate the need for centralized institutions like banks or governments to facilitate trade, evolving age-old models of commerce and finance into something far more interesting: a distributed, transparent, autonomous system for exchanging value.
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1:01:23

The Blockchain: A Revolution You Need to Understand

The promise of Bitcoin has been overshadowed by its underlying technology, the blockchain....

The Blockchain: A Revolution You Need to Understand

The promise of Bitcoin has been overshadowed by its underlying technology, the blockchain. There is great interest from traditional financial firms, which, saddled with decades-old payment infrastructures, are eager to adapt to the digital realities and improve the efficiency, speed and transparency of transactions. Efforts are underway at the national and international levels to study and monitor the blockchain, and a consortium of large international banks is collaborating on how to bring Bitcoin's technology to bear in the financial marketplace. How can this technology deliver for the financial services industry? Can we expect to see widespread use of these new systems in the near future and, if so, how will they change finance? Are we likely to see movement toward private rather than public blockchains, and how will this affect transparency and security?
ModeratorMarcHochstein, Editor-in-Chief, American Banker
Speakers
BrianForde, Director, Digital Currency, MIT Media LabJalak Jobanputra, Founding Partner, FuturePerfect VenturesLeanneKemp, Founder and CEO, Everledger
Margaret Liu, Senior Vice President and DeputyGeneral Counsel, Conference of State Bank Supervisors
Steve Wager, Executive Vice President, Operations and Development, itBit

1:17

Blockchain in Real Estate

Blockchain will radically transform the real estate industry and other sectors as well. Ou...

Blockchain in Real Estate

Blockchain will radically transform the real estate industry and other sectors as well. Our first Blockchain application for lease agreements proves that Blockchain offers you transparency and efficiency and improved risk management. Want to know more and witness its opportunities? http://deloi.tt/2pve5WS

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Blockchain Explained - What is Blockchain?

Blockchain is a distributed public ledger for transactions of value. It's the underlying technology behind Bitcoin but it will revolutionize the entire financial world, including real estate, stock market, insurance, retail and even democratic voting. Anything of value can be recorded using blockchain technology, eliminating intermediaries and increasing efficiency.
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Blockchain versus blockchain

There is growing recognition of the revolutionary potential of the blockchain technology, which first saw the light of day as the software underpinning bitcoin. The Economist has run a cover story describing its “distributed ledger”, which potentially renders all sorts of intermediaries redundant as the “great trust engine.” Yet even as there has been a surge in startups looking to build businesses using the bitcoin blockchain, there has been growing concern about the strength and efficiency of that blockchain, and various attempts to design alternative blockchains that are not connected to bitcoin. Some of these efforts have been led by incumbent financial firms, either individually or in consortiums, whilst there has been a growing number of partnerships between blockchain startups and incumbent financial firms.
Which blockchain, if any, will come out on top? Will partnership strategies play a big part in determining this? Will partnerships actually increase the spread and size of the benefits generated by adopting blockchain technology? Will billions of dollars of revenues currently generated through financial intermediation be wiped out by more efficient blockchain technology, benefiting consumers? And which types of intermediation are most at risk of creative destruction? Or will partnerships and/or acquisitions allow incumbents to become more efficient and profitable while protecting their traditional intermediary functions?
Speakers:
Michael Novogratz, Former president, Fortress Investment GroupTodd McDonald, Co-founder, R3
Jeremy Allaire, Founder, chairman and chief executive, CircleModerator: Matthew Bishop, Senior editor, The Economist Group

OpenEnergy EfficiencyMeter is a blockchain based energy efficiency marketplace for trading of residential energy efficiency projects using standardised units of savings on building efficiency projects.
InvestorConfidenceProject is an Environmental Defense Fund project to define the roadmap from retrofit to investor ready energy efficiency projects for commercial properties. MattGolden is CEO of Open Energy Efficiency and drives the Environmental Defense Fund’s Investor Confidence Project.
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Matt drives the Environmental Defense Fund’s Investor Confidence Project, which develops credentialed commercial energy efficiency projects as an asset class to reduce transaction costs, and develop actuarial data to unlock capital markets. He also has lead projects for the US Department of Energy, Pacific Gas and Electric, and a range of solar, finance, and software clients.
As founder of RecurveInc., Matt helped create the first tablet based energy auditing and cloud simulation software for the residential energy efficiency industry based on his real world experience gained as a licensed CA contractor, and as the first BPI Accredited contractor on the West Coast, having conducted energy audits and energy retrofits for thousands homeowners. Recurve was a venture funded through investments from RockportVenturePartners, Shasta Ventures, and the Lowes Companies and was acquired by Tendril Networks in 2012.
Matt is a national leader in the energy efficiency industry and was instrumental in forming EfficiencyFirst, the national trade association for the home retrofitting industry, representing over 1,300 contractors and manufacturers in all fifty states. In addition to Efficiency First, Matt either serves or previously served on a number of national and state nonprofit boards, including the BuildingPerformanceInstitute (BPI), Affordable Comfort Institute, National Home Performance Council, and the California Building Performance ContractorsAssociation (CBPCA).
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32:00

Reimagining Consumer Identity with Blockchain

SecureKey CIO Andre Boysen discusses the challenges consumers are facing with their digita...

Reimagining Consumer Identity with Blockchain

SecureKey CIOAndre Boysen discusses the challenges consumers are facing with their digital identity, and shares a demo on how IBMBlockchain and SecureKey are working to provide efficiency, privacy and security.
To learn more about IBM Blockchain identity solutions, visit: https://www.ibm.com/blockchain/identity/
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1:01:23

The Blockchain: A Revolution You Need to Understand

The promise of Bitcoin has been overshadowed by its underlying technology, the blockchain....

The Blockchain: A Revolution You Need to Understand

The promise of Bitcoin has been overshadowed by its underlying technology, the blockchain. There is great interest from traditional financial firms, which, saddled with decades-old payment infrastructures, are eager to adapt to the digital realities and improve the efficiency, speed and transparency of transactions. Efforts are underway at the national and international levels to study and monitor the blockchain, and a consortium of large international banks is collaborating on how to bring Bitcoin's technology to bear in the financial marketplace. How can this technology deliver for the financial services industry? Can we expect to see widespread use of these new systems in the near future and, if so, how will they change finance? Are we likely to see movement toward private rather than public blockchains, and how will this affect transparency and security?
ModeratorMarcHochstein, Editor-in-Chief, American Banker
Speakers
BrianForde, Director, Digital Currency, MIT Media LabJalak Jobanputra, Founding Partner, FuturePerfect VenturesLeanneKemp, Founder and CEO, Everledger
Margaret Liu, Senior Vice President and DeputyGeneral Counsel, Conference of State Bank Supervisors
Steve Wager, Executive Vice President, Operations and Development, itBit

The Blockchain: Enabling a Distributed and Connected Energy Future

Bitcoin’s underlying protocol, called “the blockchain”, is a distributed consensus-driven infrastructure enabling trust between connected assets. While currently considered only a financial tool, the blockchain’s actual capability is extremely broad. Just as advances in TCP/IP created vast opportunities for the internet, the blockchain is enabling us to rethink the basic infrastructure of how energy is distributed, accounted for and secured.
**BonusDemo:** Be sure to watch at the end of this talk, as a Bitcoin transfer from Cambridge in real time buys electricity for a small school in South Africa.

51:32

Copyright Summit – Blockchain & Copyright - Midem 2017

Blockchain seems to be the tool that has the answers to all the music industry’s problems:...

Hashgraph and the Future of Distributed Consensus | Internet for the 21st Century with Leemon Baird

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On this video episode of Hidden Forces, host Demetri Kofinas interviews Leemon Baird, the inventor of Hashgraph, a new, distributed ledger technology poised to disrupt the entire ecosystem of blockchain-based applications and cryptocurrencies.
Leemon Baird is the Co-founder and CTO of Swirlds Inc. With over 20 years of technology and startup experience, he has held positions as a Professor of Computer Science at the Air Force Academy, Adjunct Professor at multiple other prestigious universities, and as a senior scientist in several labs. He has been the co-founder of several startups, including two identity-related starts-ups with successful exits. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University faster than any student in school history (2 years, 9 months), has multiple patents and over 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals on computer security, machine learning, and mathematics. He regularly keynotes on these topics at conferences.
Hashgraph is a revolutionary new distributed ledger technology with patented properties which purport to make it superior to the blockchain in every way -- i.e., unlike blockchain, it is fast/high throughput (300,000+ transactions per second pre sharding), fair (mathematically proven fairness with consensus timestamping) and secure (asynchronous Byzantine fault tolerant). Leemon Baird claims that these properties expand decentralized use cases to complex markets, auctions, crypto-currency micropayments, live games (even MMOs), and much more.
This is Demetri Kofinas’ second time interviewing Leemon Baird, and his third time covering Hashgraph. The first time was on Episode 22 of the Hidden Forces podcast. Demetri also hosted a panel with CEO of Swirlds, ManceHarmon, at the Assemblage in NYC in mid-October 2017.
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https://iohk.io/research/papers/a-pro...Mathematicians with a curiosity about the algorithms behind blockchain came to hear Aggelos Kiayias speak at Oxford university’s Mathematical Institute on Wednesday. Professor Kiayias, Chief Scientist at IOHK, had been invited to the university to give a talk on his work on Ouroboros, a provably secure Proof-of-Stake algorithm for blockchain. It the first time such a cryptographic protocol has been devised and is significant because its use would enable blockchains to process many more transactions, giving the technology the muscle that would scale it up for far wider use than at present. “Bitcoin is slow,” he said in the presentation, in an outline of the problem. “The transactions per second of Visa are in the order of many thousands, for Paypal in the order of hundreds, and Bitcoin is far less than that – clearly that’s something that can’t scale to a global level.” In addition to the much greater efficiency of Ouroboros, Prof Kiayias explained a novel reward mechanism for incentivising the protocol and used game theory to show why attacks such as selfish mining and block withholding would be neutralised. A Nash equilibrium is a prescription of a strategy for each rational player, with the property that if other players follow it, it does not make sense for a rational player to deviate from it. Prof Kiayias described how Ouroboros can be proven to be an approximate Nash equilibrium, thus distinguishing this blockchain system from Bitcoin, which is known to be not incentive compatible. The Ouroboros paper was first published last December with Alexander Russel, Bernardo David and Roman Oliynykov and Prof Kiayias presented the work at the Alan Turing Institute in London last year. Bernardo David on PoS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5sCs... Bernardo David presenting PoS in detail at IOHK's Tokyo tech lab: https://youtu.be/hMgxZOsTlQc Among the audience was Hayyu Imanda, whose desire to specialise in cryptography for her PhD studies brought her to hear the presentation. The 22-year-old is currently in a class of 26 students at Oxford university studying for an MSc in Mathematics and Foundations of Computer Science. “I come from a pure maths background and I find cryptography very interesting, in that it was relatively recently founded and there is so much research happening,” she says. “I see it as a bridge from pure maths into real life, with many uses in terms of security, and it’s going to be a growing field.” More images from the event here: https://iohk.io/blog/a-proof-of-stake... -- https://iohk.io/team/aggelos-kiayias/ Prof Aggelos Kiayias is the Chair in Cyber Security and Privacy at the University of Edinburgh. His research interests are in computer security, information security, applied cryptography and foundations of cryptography with a particular emphasis in blockchain technologies and distributed systems, e-voting and secure multiparty protocols as well as privacy and identity management. He joins IOHK as chief scientist through a long-term consulting agreement between IOHK and the University of Edinburgh, UK, where he is based and continues to do research and teach courses in cyber security and cryptography. Prof Kiayias is also Professor in Residence (gratis) at the University of Connecticut, USA, and Associate Professor of Cryptography and Security (on leave) at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. Prof Kiayias’s cyber security research over the years has been funded by the Horizon 2020 programme (EU), the European Research Council (EU), the GeneralSecretariat for Research and Technology (Greece), the National Science Foundation (USA), the Department of Homeland Security (USA), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA). He has received an ERC Starting Grant, a Marie Curie fellowship, an NSFCareerAward, and a Fulbright Fellowship. He holds a Ph.D. from the City University of New York and he is a graduate of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Athens. He has more than 100 publications in journals and conference proceedings in the area. He currently serves as the program chair of the Financial Cryptography and Data Security 2017 conference. -- InputOutput See more at: https://iohk.io Get our latest news updates: https://iohk.io/blog/ Meet the team: https://iohk.io/team/

30:20

Blockchain vs. Bullshit: Thoughts on the Future of Money

In this talk "Blockchain vs. Bullshit - Thoughts on the Future of Money," Andreas outlines...

Blockchain vs. Bullshit: Thoughts on the Future of Money

In this talk "Blockchain vs. Bullshit - Thoughts on the Future of Money," Andreas outlines the necessary criteria that will help you distinguish blockchains from bullshit, and why the goal of developing this technology should not be "banking the unbanked" but rather de-banking all of us.
This keynote talk took place at the Blockchain AfricaConference on March 2nd 2017 at the FocusRooms in Johannesburg, South Africa: http://blockchainafrica.co/speakers/andreas-m-antonopoulos/
TOPICS:
The hype and empty promises around "blockchain" 2:30
Reconsidering info security, research in applied cryptography 4:45
Blockchains vs. databases 7:13
The essence of Bitcoin: revolutionizing trust 8:33
Open blockchains are the only ones that matter 10:24
Censorship resistance and other important characteristics 13:12
Criteria: blockchain or bullshit? 14:05
Fundamentally changing the allocation of trust 15:45
Permissioned "distributed ledgers" are boring & insecure 16:43
HeyWall Street, Anonymous is coming for your keys 21:48
Promising opportunities, solving the unsolvable problems 23:06
The 3 elements to success in this industry 24:50
The necessary steps to mature out of infancy 27:44
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Welcome to TrustNet - https://youtu.be/Rrj8sjHJthU
Hardware, Software, Trustware - https://youtu.be/Etyjc1JdmFU
Initial coin offerings (ICOs) - https://youtu.be/Q5R8KuxV4A0
What are the most exciting recent developments? - https://youtu.be/bCG5og_LwZY
Trust, promise of value, and intrinsic utility - https://youtu.be/Cxc9ybot9oM
The oxymoron of national blockchains - https://youtu.be/qSIBFBq9tRs
Private chains misunderstand the fundamental value of blockchains - https://youtu.be/haKVaGHKQJM
Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and well-respected figures in bitcoin.
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He is the author of two books: “Mastering Bitcoin,” published by O’Reilly Media and considered the best technical guide to bitcoin; “The Internet of Money,” a book about why bitcoin matters.
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Permissionable blockchains have gained much attention from enterprise this past year, and specifically, the traditional fiance and FinTech sectors. As new protocols emerge and the technology is matures, it is becoming apparent they are simply a new class of database, one which integrates business logic (smart contracts) and a consensus layer (PoS, PoW, etc).
Casey Kuhlman is the CEO of Eris Industries, a company which specialises in building permissioned blockchain systems for enterprise. Their aim is to deliver the technologies which enable companies to easily build and deploy applications which make use of blockchain and smart contract technologies.
Topics we discussed include:
- Casey’s impressive background as an engineer, Marine soldier, lawyer and startup founder
- Eris Industries and what the company is trying to achieve
- Permissionable blockchains and their usefulness in industrial applications
- Smart contracts, how to explain them and legal status
- How blockchains can be used to revolutionize the way organizations construct business processes
- The idea of Blockchains-as-a-Service
- The various use cases for blockchain technologies
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- 2Gather: https://github.com/eris-ltd/2gather
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46:39

The Microsoft vision for Blockchain - BRK2177

Blockchain is emerging as a topic of interest in our conversations with business leaders. ...

The Microsoft vision for Blockchain - BRK2177

Blockchain is emerging as a topic of interest in our conversations with business leaders. A growing number of enterprises are experimenting with the technology as a secure and transparent way to digitally track the ownership of assets across trust boundaries, opening new opportunities for cross-organizational collaboration and imaginative new business models. Microsoft’s vision is to help companies thrive in this era of secure multi-party computation, delivering open, scalable platforms and services that any company, from ledger startups to governments, health organizations to global banks, can use to create new value.

41:06

Digital Transformation and Blockchain

Digital Transformation is all about looking at your business models and industries in fund...

Digital Transformation and Blockchain

Digital Transformation is all about looking at your business models and industries in fundamentally new ways of operating at higher levels of innovation in order to provide better business value for customers while lowering TCO. Whether you are born digital or analog, an effective DT strategy is essential to remain competitive in this new era of business, by using Multi-Speed IT architectures and the latest technologies enabling businesses to do more, thereby providing a better experience to partners and customers.
Blockchain is such a revolutionary technology and in this webinar, we'll explore the fundamentals of Blockchain, how IBM Blockchain works on IBM's DigitalInnovationPlatform: Bluemix and how it has the potential to increase trust, transparency, and efficiency in your business or industry.

1:11:16

EB84 – Tim Swanson: Permissioned Ledgers And The Case For Blockchains Without Bitcoin

EB84 – Tim Swanson: Permissioned Ledgers And The Case For Blockchains Without Bitcoin

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One topic that is guaranteed to cause heated discussion among cryptocurrency enthusiasts is the idea that blockchains can be controlled by known validators and function without an underlying cryptocurrency. Some think this is a non-sensical idea fabricated by those spineless enough to want to appease regulators and but clueless enough to miss the whole point of cryptocurrencies. But others believe that Bitcoin is unsuited for a lof of 'Bitcoin 2.0' applications and that permissioned ledgers have wide-reaching potential to increase efficiency and transparency.
Tim Swanson joined us for an important discussion of permissioned ledgers. He's among their best-known proponents and has recently published a whitepaper discussing how they work and looking at different startups in the space.
Topics covered included:
- Why the 'blockchains without bitcoin' idea is so controversial
- Why it is strange that KYC is done widely on Bitcoin users but not on the validators
- Why even semi-decentralized blockchains can provide big efficiency gains
- Why the 51% attack possibility is an obstacle for the use of Bitcoin as a settlement network
- Why financial institutions don't care about censorship resistance but do care about irreversibility
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Tim Swanson: Permissioned Distributed Ledgers Whitepaper http://bit.ly/1QLDrMn
- Tim Swanson: Needing a Token to Operate a Distributed Ledger is a Red Herring: http://bit.ly/1JdB94z
- RobertSams: No, Bitcoin is not the future of securities settlement http://bit.ly/1eCRz9P
- JP Koning: Why bitcoin has failed to achieve liftoff as a medium of exchange http://bit.ly/1GhoxmQ
Sponsors:
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